Get blood for a patient in hospital
Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service, Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority · sources read 3 Oct 2026
The hospital treating the patient requests the blood from the blood transfusion service; you don't apply yourself. The Ministry of Health charter lists this as free, with a 30-minute target.
- Fee
- FreeBlood requisition by a hospital
- How long
- 30 minutes (charter target for a hospital's request)
- Where
- Through the hospital treating the patient, which requests blood from the blood transfusion service
Steps
- Talk to the doctor treating the patient. The hospital makes the blood request to the blood transfusion service.
- The service aims to handle a hospital's request within 30 minutes and does not charge for it.
- To help keep blood stocks up, family and friends can register to donate blood on the Ministry of Health portal.
Watch out
- Blood is requested by hospitals, not by patients or relatives directly, so start with the patient's doctor.
Who can apply
- Patients who need blood, through the hospital treating them. The request is made by the hospital.
Official sources (1)
- Citizen's Service Delivery Charter health.go.ke · read 3 Oct 2026