Calvary Charismatic Centre organises blood donation exercise
The Calvary Charismatic Centre (CCC), a charismatic Christian church headquartered in Kumasi, has organised a blood donation to stock up blood banks in the country.
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A medical team from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) Blood Bank co-ordinated the exercise in Kumasi to mark the 60th birthday of the Senior Pastor of the church, Rev. Ransford Obeng.
More than 703 pints of blood were donated.
After he had donated blood, Pastor Obeng told journalists that the blood donation exercise was instituted to support the blood banks to help those in need of blood.
He explained that God, in his infinite wisdom, had made life such that those who had enough of blood could donate to support those in critical condition without any problem.
Influence
Touching on how leaders must use the influence they wielded on their following, Pastor Obeng said leaders must channel such influence into improving the lives of others.
He stated that he was overwhelmed by the increasing number of people from all ages who paid heed to his clarion call and had donated blood across the country to save lives and support the sick to have good health.
He said Ghanaians by their nature were generous and compassionate and had exhibited that donating blood was a sign of their readiness to support a worthy cause.
Blood Unit
The Head of Blood Recruitment Unit of the Blood Bank, Mr Kwame Asenso, lauded the yearly efforts of the church.
He explained that the KATH Blood Bank unit used more than 60 pints of blood on a daily basis and assisted other hospitals in the region with about 30, making it 90 pints of blood daily, a situation which required that more people donated from time to enable them to have enough to save lives.