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Blood shortage crisis hits Nairobi hospitals

A section of an apheresis machine separating blood components. [File, Standard]

The Kenya Blood Transfusion and Transplant Service (KBTTS) is pleading with Nairobi residents to donate blood following an acute shortage in city hospitals. 

Nairobi has been the hardest hit due to the high number of patients seeking care, especially mothers who require blood during childbirth.

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