The National Transfusion Center (CNTS) announces that it has collected 364 bags of blood from voluntary donors for the treatment of those injured in the accident that occurred on Sunday in Sikilo, near Kaffrine (in the centre).
To help the regional blood center of Thierno Birahim Ndao Regional Hospital in Kaffrine, people have voluntarily donated their blood between Kaffrine and Kaolack, for the treatment of people admitted to the emergency room following this accident which resulted in 39 deaths and about 100 wounded.
According to an information note from the National Transfusion Center, 294 bags were thus collected in Kaffrine and another 70 in Kaolack, whose relatives were transported “in optimal conditions” to the facilities for the treatment of the wounded.
At the same time, the National Transfusion Center announces that its services are ready to receive other donors on Monday from 8 in the morning, assuring that “all arrangements will be made for a good follow-up of the injured”.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said on Sunday that all hospital emergency services were “on high alert” for the management of emergencies and surgical needs related to this traffic accident.
The authorities of this ministry have also announced “the mobilization of visceral, orthopedic, anesthesiologist and resuscitator surgeons” who will arrive from Kaolack, Diourbel and Dakar “to support the local teams”.
“Health care is provided and financial support will also be provided by the ministry in charge of national solidarity,” said the minister of community development, national solidarity and social and territorial equity, Samba Ndiobène Ka.
The latter underlined the “rapid reaction” of the state, in particular through the administrative authorities who, he said, “have since yesterday adopted all measures to provide first aid to the wounded”.
He stressed that a sum of 200 million CFA francs had been released by the government to “rescue” the families of the victims.
