From left: Commissioner of Insurance, Dr. Justice Ofori donating blood at last year’s event held in Accra, Ghana.
BY NKECHI NAECHE-ESEZOBOR--The Ghana Insurance Industry will on August 9th, 2022, embark on blood donation across the country.
The exercise was embarked on by the insurance industry since it was launched last year, by the Commissioner of Insurance, Dr. Justice Ofori.
The theme of this year’s event is titled: “Donate blood, save a life; as you do it for someone, you do it for yourself’.
According to the Commissioner, “this exercise which was under the auspices of the National Blood Service (NBS) couldn’t have come at a better time as the Covid-19 pandemic had taken a toll on gestures of this nature, leading to dwindling stocks while accident victims, pregnant women in labour cry out in need of blood to survive.
“I will, therefore, urge all corporate entities and state institutions and members of the public to take a cue from this campaign to save lives.
“In justifying the initiative, the Commissioner’s speech couldn’t have been complete without a quote from a famous Russian Author and multiple Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Leo Tolstoy, “If you feel pain, you’re alive. If you feel other people’s pain, you’re a human being”.
The years event will feature insurance industry operators and industry bodies such as the Ghana Insurers Association (GIA), the Insurance Brokers Association of Ghana (IBAG), the Chartered Insurance Institute of Ghana (CIIG), and the West African Insurance Companies Association (WAICA).
It would be recalled that the 2021 donation campaign featured over 800 units of blood donated by the insurance industry employees.
The insurance industry operators has declared August as the month of blood donation in the country.
