Jusuf Kalla Calls Rp490 Thousand In Lieu Of Social Costs Not Price Per Blood Bag At PMI

Chairman Of The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Jusuf Kalla/DOK ANTARA

PANGKALPINANG - Chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Jusuf Kalla emphasized that PMI does not sell blood. Services provided to people who need human blood. "The fee issued by the community is to compensate for costs," said Jusuf Kalla when inaugurating the Chairperson and Management of PMI for the Babel Islands for the 2024-2029 Bakti Period in Pangkalpinang, Antara, Thursday, May 2. The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia has set a service rate of IDR 490,000 per blood bag and this cost is a substitute for the cost for workers' salaries at PMI, procurement and maintenance of blood donation equipment such as laboratories, as well as places for storing blood and others. "This Rp490,000 fee is not the blood price, but for replacement costs from the blood collection process from donors," he said. He stated that the donor community is willing to donate blood to help people in need to recover their illness in hospitals. "PMI upholds human principles, where blood clots can save the lives of people in need of blood," he said. Chairman of PMI Babel Islands for the period 2024 - 2029 Abdul Fatah is grateful that the Ministry of Health has set a blood tariff at PMI of IDR 490,000.

"So far, officers have complained and felt restless regarding the determination of tariffs in providing services. For example, the service rate for the community using BPJS Kesehatan is IDR 360,000 and for non-BPJS IDR 490,000 and Alhamdulillah, thanks to the encouragement of the Head of PMI Jusuf Kalla to the Ministry of Health to set one tariff for the public, which is IDR 490,000," he said.