"People did not accept to donate blood for her, so we had to volunteer as family members.

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(The whole group that is donating to her is just from our family." ) Oluoch gives one reason for peoples' reluctance to donate blood.

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Fewer than 10 percent of adult Kenyans donate blood to the blood bank, says Dr.Margaret Oduor, national director of the National Blood Transfusion Services.

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Patients undergoing long-term elective surgeries are advised to donate their own blood, a practice Dr.Mwanda says accounts for a significant percentage of the hospital's surgery blood supply.

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