A blood transfusion is a way of adding blood to your body after an illness or injury. If your body is missing one or more of the components that make up healthy blood, a transfusion can help supply what your body is missing. Depending on how much blood you need, a transfusion can take between 1 and 4 hours. In Nigeria, the National Blood Transfusion Service was established to provide a system of supplying safe and adequate quality blood and blood products to patients who may need it in any part of the country. The national blood policy is built on the voluntary non-remunerative donation of blood by healthy individuals.
The first Blood Transfusion Service Centre opened in Abuja in December 2004, by 2008 11 operational Centres across the six geopolitical zones in the country had already been opened. These Centres are in Abuja, Kaduna, Owerri, Ibadan, Lokoja, Jos, Maiduguri, Port-Harcourt, Benin City, Nangere – Potiskum, and Abeokuta.
In private hospitals patronised by a large population of Nigerians, the cost of blood is higher. For instance, a pint of blood now goes for between N15, 000 and N 25, 000, depending on the blood group, that is AB, O- and O+. In rural areas especially in the North, a pint of blood ranges from N 4500 – N10,000, the National Blood Transfusion Service provides safe and adequate quality blood and blood products to patients free of charge.
Nigeria has a population of over 180 million, and the estimated blood need in the country is about 1.8 million units of blood per annum. Unfortunately, much less is donated leading to avoidable deaths and morbidity particularly among women folk, newborn children, victims of road traffic accidents and insurgencies. See: How To Donate Blood In Nigeria
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Centers In Nigeria
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Head Quarters
Address: 39, Abidjan Street, Wuse Zone 3, Abuja FCT Nigeria
City/Town: Wuse, Abuja
Phone Number: 23408035896132
Email: nbtsabujacentre@yahoo.com
Blood donors Nigeria Project Consultant: Dr. Adaeze Oreh
Phone Number: 08052753239
Email: azoreh@yahoo.com
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Federal Medical Centre Owerri Orlu Road Owerri, Imo State.
Phone Number: 083- 233009, 0803-304174
Nbtssez101@yahoo.co.uk
Blood donors Nigeria Project Consultant: Dr. Deni Oyetenu
Phone Number: 08023162213
Email: doconyetenu@yahoo.com
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Ibadan
Address: Qtrs 854, Queen Elizabeth Road, Opp. K.S. Motel by Total Garden, Ibadan.
Phone Number: 02- 7513319,02- 7523228
Email: Nbts_swzib@yahoo.co.uk
Phone Number: 08033329027
walegbewumi@yahoo.com
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Lokoja, Kogi State Centre
Address: GP 1266 Ganaja Housing Estate, (Along Ajaokuta Rd), Lokoja.
Email: ksnbtslkj@gmail.com
Dr. Celestine Ejeh
Phone Number: 08067078392
Email: celuke2002@yahoo.com
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Jos, Plateau state Centre
Address: Hospital, Old Bukuru Road,Jos.
Phone Number: 073- 465031
Email: Nbts_nc_jos@yahoo.com
Blood donors Nigeria Project Consultant: Col. Sunday Bolorunduro
Phone Number: 08033573000
Email: dokibolo@yahoo.com
See: How To Donate Blood In Nigeria
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Armed Forces Centre Rivers)
Address: Military Hospital, Aba-Road, Port-Harcourt,
Email: afbc.mhph@yahoo.com
Blood donors Nigeria Project Consultant: Col. A.A. Ogbe
Phone Number: 08033854832
austinogbe59@yahoo.com
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Ogun state
Address: General Hospital Iberekodo, Abeokuta, Ogun State
Email: nbtsabeokuta@yahoo.com
Blood donors Nigeria Project Consultant: Dr. Olusola Adeniji
Phone Number: 08037162114
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Kaduna
Address: Opposite Ranchers Bees Stadium by Independence Way, Kaduna.
Phone Number: 062-211861, 062-211862
Email: nbtskd@yahoo.com
Blood donors Nigeria Project Consultant: Dr. Abigail Bozegha
Phone Number: 08033352409
Email: abigailbozegha@yahoo.com
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Edo
Address: Ogbe Nursing Home, Chief Osawaru Igbinedion Rd., GRA. , Benin-City.
Phone Number: 052- 460507
Email: nbtsbenin@ yahoo. com
Blood donors Nigeria Project Consultant: Dr. Vivan Eirewele
Phone Number: 08035896132
Email: omomeski@yahoo.com
SEE: How Much Does It Cost To Donate Blood In Nigeria
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Borno
Address: University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Opp. Kidney Centre, Maiduguri.
Phone Number: 076- 370413
Email: nbtsmaiduguri@yahoo.com
Blood donors Nigeria Project Consultant: Dr. Modu-baba Kagu
Phone Number: 08035010206
Email: bmk449@yahoo.com
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Yobe
Address: General Hospital, Nangere –Potiskum, Yobe State.
Email: Nbts-nangere@yahoo.com
Blood donors Nigeria Project Consultant: Dr Alhassan Adamu
Phone Number: 08068946773
Email: umaralhass@yahoo.com
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Katsina
Address: HSDP Building, General Hospital Katsina.
Email: nbtskatsina@yahoo.com
Blood donors Nigeria Project Consultant: Dr. Isimail Buhari
Phone Number: 08036284025
Email: ismbuh@yahoo.com
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Ekiti
Address: Basic Health Centre Oke –lla Rd, Ado-Ekiti
Email: nbtsekiti@yahoo.com
Blood donors Nigeria Project Consultant: Dr. Ayotunde Omole
Phone Number: 08033897470
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Enugu
Address: 5, Ridgeway, G.R.A, Enugu
Email: nbtsenugu@gmail.com
Blood donors Nigeria Project Consultant: Dr. Ibezim Chukwu
Phone Number: 08033411078
Email: dribezim@yahoo.com
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Taraba
Address: New Commissioner’s Quarters, by Presidential Lodge, Jalingo
Email: nbtstaraba@yahoo.com
Blood donors Nigeria Project Consultant: Dr. Kenneth Maikano Tijo
Email: kentijo@yahoo.com
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Cross River
Address: No. 2 Edibe Street, Calabar Cross-River State
Phone Number: 087 822117
Email: nbtscalabar@yahoo.com
Blood donors Nigeria Project Consultant: Dr. Wilfred Ndifon
08030893152
Phone Number: ndifonwilfred@yahoo.com
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Sokoto
Address: Adjacent State Specialist Hospital, Sultan Abubakar Road, Sokoto.
Email: nbtssokoto@yahoo.com
Blood donors Nigeria Project Consultant: Dr. Umar Muhammad Ango
Phone Number: 0703777169, 08185698029
Email: drangoos@yahoo.com
Email: drangoos@gmail.com
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Lagos State Centre
Address: Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service5th Floor LIMTH, Campbell Street Lagos.
Dr. Oyekun
Acting State Coordinator: Dr. Oyeku
Phone Number: 08033258392
Chairman (LSBT): Prof. Ibironke Akinsete
Phone Number: 08023000496
Email: ibronkeakinsete@yahoo.com
Is blood tested before transfusion?
Before transfusion, the donor and blood unit are also tested for certain proteins (antibodies) that may cause adverse reactions in a person receiving a blood transfusion. For the general public, pathogens and lab tests are used to detect them in donated blood. Complete List of private and public Hospitals in Seychelles and their contact details
