Wow, The Delivery Of 2,050 Blood Bags From Banda Aceh To Tangerang Is Allegedly Not In Accordance With The SOP

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ACEH - A number of administrators of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) found that the alleged delivery of 2,050 bags of blood to Tangerang from PMI Banda Aceh was not in accordance with procedures and without a plenary meeting of all local PMI management.

"Based on the data we got during the inspection (sudden inspection), the number is around 2,050 blood bags," said PMI Banda Aceh Secretary Syukran Aldiansyah in Banda Aceh, Antara, Friday, May 13.

Syukran said, based on their inspection results, 2,050 bags of blood were sent in January, February and April 2022. As for March, it has not been confirmed because they only got data from car track records.

"The basis for our suspicions is that there were rumors that there was a shipment to Tangerang, then I did an inspection with the management, it turned out that it was true that blood was sent to Tangerang," he said.

Syukran said that his party was late in knowing the problem because so far their access to UDD (blood donation unit) was limited. "In fact, sending blood out must have a plenary meeting of the management, and there is no decision making by the management," he said.

Syukran conveyed that there are standard operating procedures (SOPs) related to sending blood out of the region, such as if the blood stock for Aceh is already over, so it can be sent rather than expired and cannot be used anymore.

Then, there are requests from regions that are indeed short of blood. However, it must also have the knowledge of the management and PMI one level above (Provincial PMI).

In this case, continued Syukran, not only was the management unknown, but also the replacement cost for blood management (BPPD) was not in accordance with government regulations.

"Based on the Permenkes related to BPPD per bag, IDR 360 thousand is also in accordance with the Pergub. But what was sent there was IDR 300 thousand per bag," he said.

Regarding this issue, added Syukran, he and other administrators have complained to the PMI Aceh Province management for immediate action.

Meanwhile, the Head of PMI Banda Aceh, Dedi Sumardi Nurdin, confirmed that the shipment was made to Tangerang. However, he denied that the process was without coordination with the management and violated procedures.

The blood delivery to Tangerang, said Dedi, was in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOP), and coordination had been carried out to the PMI Central Blood Donor Unit (UDD).

"It is not true (without coordination with the management), and has coordinated with the central UDD. The point is that everything is according to the SOP, and what we send is only January-February," said Dedi Sumardi Nurdin.

Dedi explained that the blood issue was the responsibility of UDD, then they reported it to the management.

Then, in January-February 2022, PMI Banda Aceh did have excess blood, so the results of coordination with UDD throughout Indonesia in Tangerang needed it, so it was sent there.

"At that time we had a lot of blood and more, and UDD throughout Indonesia had a group and coordinated with the central UDD. So it was sent to the regions that needed it, in this case Tangerang. Between UDDs indeed helped each other and that was normal," he said.

Not only that, continued Dedi, the blood delivery to Tangerang also has an MoU (a memorandum of understanding). Therefore, this process is correct. Rather than expired, it is better to send it to the area that needs it.

"As for the amount sent, I haven't seen the data, it will come from UDD," he said.

On this occasion, Dedi also hopes for the public to remain calm about this developing issue, because this is not true.