PMI to make breakthroughs to meet blood needs
Antara News, Thursday, March 25, 2010 00:54 WIB
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) plans to make breakthroughs this year to meet the country`s need for blood, PMI chief Jusuf Kalla said here on Wednesday.
"The breakthroughs are needed to meet blood needs. Annually Indonesia needs 3-4 million bags of blood," He said.
He said in 2008 PMI was only able to collect 1.7 million bags. "This year PMI plans to collect 3 million bags and next year 4 million bags," he said.
To meet the goal PMI plans to open 125 to 150 blood transfusion centers in places close to the community such as shopping malls and campuses as of June this year, provide blood delivery service from PMI to hospitals so that people need not visit transfusion centers to get blood supply and build a plant to produce the blood bags as the bags are still imported.
"The plant would help meet the needs which are always urgent. Self-sustainability is needed with regard to emergency situation and therefore the factory is needed," he said.
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