IPOH: There has been a 40% reduction in the blood supply of the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital’s (HRBP) blood bank since the start of the movement control order (MCO), says transfusion medicine specialist Dr Irni Mohd Yasin.
“We require blood daily, especially for thalassemia and accident patients, as well as for some mothers who deliver babies. We require between 80 and 100 packs of blood daily, and some 20 Thalassemia patients also require blood daily, ” she told reporters on Tuesday .
Also present was blood bank assistant information officer Khairul Anuar Mohd Nor, who said that the body temperature of the donors would be taken, while all the medical staff would be wearing an apron, gloves and face mask. At the press conference, Association president Datuk Ooi Foh Sing said that a blood donation drive would be held on May 10 from 9am to 1pm at their hall.
“I am urging regular blood donors and the public to support the event for a better cause. I would also like to urge donors to come to the event alone. Please do not bring family members who will not be donating blood, ” he said.
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