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Stop charging patients highly on blood you get for free, state tells private hospitals

A man donating blood.

A man donating blood. Private hospitals will start charging patients a standard amount for blood received freely from regional collection centres once the costing reference document comes into effect.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

Private hospitals will start charging patients a standard amount for blood received freely from regional collection centres once the costing reference document comes into effect.

Despite the establishment of the Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service (KNBTS), designed to make blood affordable and available at all times to Kenyans, millions across the country still pay exorbitantly for the increasingly expensive blood needed to save the lives of their loved ones.