A Professor of Haematology, Prof. Musa Abidemi Muhibi, has said that Nigeria required a minimum of 1.8 million units of blood per year to meet the blood transfusion need of its citizens.

Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/05/14/nigeria-requires-1-8m-units-of-blood-annually-to-meet-transfusion-need-of-citizens-don/

As well as receiving a blood transfusion, she underwent two operations to suck air from between her lungs.

Source: https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/23238279.barrow-family-appeal-help-severely-ill-baby-fighting-strep/?ref=rss

Dr. Gao was a roving advocate for women’s health in 1996 when she encountered her first patient diagnosed with AIDS, a woman from rural China who had been infected through a blood transfusion during an operation.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/world/asia/dr-gao-dead.html

Excessive bleeding can occur during or after the surgery and may require a blood transfusion or additional surgery to control it.

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Kathy was eventually taken across the city for treatment following her fall on October 28. Doctors decided the pensioner should be kept in and administered a blood transfusion as her haemoglobin was low.

Source: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/23913308.glasgow-pensioner-90-waits-hours-hospital-fall/?ref=rss

"Prophylactic administration of tranexamic acid during cesarean delivery did not lead to a lower risk of maternal death or blood transfusion," the authors write.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/lifestyle/health_and_wellness/prophylactic-use-of-tranexamic-acid-not-beneficial-in-cesarean-delivery/article_bc27c4ea-b037-55ef-b983-0d111181a8ce.html

TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) – A blood transfusion center, a university, and an aeronautics facility in Ukraine have been damaged in deadly air raids as Russian and Ukrainian forces escalated their attacks following Kyiv's strike on a Russian tanker.

Source: https://en.mehrnews.com/news/204196/Russia-says-Ukraine-hit-Donetsk-university-with-cluster-bombs

There are no known cases of the disease transmitting between humans, but it is thought to be possible via blood transfusion.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/brucella-canis-dogs-humans-symptoms-b2414863.html

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Saturday said Russian forces struck a blood transfusion centre in northeast Ukraine.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230805-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-russian-chemical-tanker-hit-by-ukraine-drones-near-crimea

When her mother had a gastrointestinal bleed and needed a blood transfusion, she said she found herself getting emotional after seeing the American Red Cross blood donation bags.

Source: https://usustatesman.com/usus-20th-annual-blood-battle-against-weber-state/