Quezon City Rep. Precious Hipolito Castelo has called on the House Committee on Health to step in and look into the alleged illegal sale of blood plasma to COVID-19 patients.
Quezon City Rep. Precious Hipolito Castelo has called on the House Committee on Health to step in and look into the alleged illegal sale of blood plasma to COVID-19 patients.
“There have been claims that plasma is being sold for as high as P80,000 per bag in Barangay Luz, Cebu City, one of the hardest hit barangays of COVID-19 infections in Region 7,” she said, even after the DoH has reminded the public that only accredited hospitals are allowed to process the extraction of convalescent plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients and that such process shall be done under strict protocols.
Castelo noted that Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, DoH-Region 7 spokesperson, strongly advised against such practice as blood donors who have not undergone proper evaluation have the tendency to lie about their present medical condition, considering the economic woes brought about by the crisis. “Donation of blood plasma should be voluntary so that it may be available to everyone who desperately needs it for survival,” she stressed.
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