Message from the Medical Director

Dear Colleagues and Donors,

I am greatly honoured and humbled to have been called to serve the South African National Blood Service as the National Medical Director.

The universal access to safe blood is the lifeline for the healthcare system of any nation. As South Africans we should all be proud of our dedicated and selfless, voluntary donors who regularly donate blood to save the lives of children with life threatening anaemia, trauma victims and women with pregnancy related complications, especially the poor and the disadvantaged.

The Medical Division of SANBS is forever grateful to our donor community for ensuring that our beautiful country has a sustainable availability of adequate supplies of safe blood and blood products accessible to all patients requiring transfusion. We commit ourselves to make SANBS a world class leading organisation in the provision of safe blood and blood products to all in need of this critical liquid of life.

Dr Sam Gulube
MEDICAL DIRECTOR