Court Stops Complusory Blood Donation in Lagos
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to comply with a court judgment stopping all Lagos hospitals and health facilities from demanding compulsory blood donations from patients or their relatives as precondition for medical attention either in antenatal and maternal or any other health services.
In order to ensure compliance with the judgment, SERAP has now followed up with a letter to the chief executive of the state. It said: “The enforcement of the judgment will be a special moment for the implementation of the government’s strategies towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals , as it will improve the chances of everyone including women during and after childbirth, and ensure quality health services, which will contribute to the promotion of these goals.
SERAP claimed that enforcing the judgment would also show Lagos State as a champion of the SDGs and be entirely consistent with international standards and best practices, including those developed by the World Health Organization , which recognize that the safest blood donors are voluntary, non-remunerated blood donors.
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