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Liputan6.com, Jakarta: Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) each year 1.5 million bags of blood shortages. This was conveyed PMI Chairman Jusuf Kalla, on Friday (16 / 7), in Jakarta.

"Jakarta is still the lack of blood, especially of certain blood such as blood type A. At the national level itself ideally stock of blood bags is two percent of the population, namely 4.8 million bags of blood. So far the new PMI could collect 1.9 million blood bags. So, still less about three million bags of blood, "said Jusuf Kalla.

Jusuf Kalla added that these deficiencies can be overcome with the mechanism pro PMI. For example the facilitation of donor blood and blood donors a permanent outlet opening in a public place, like at the mall.

The former vice president also suggested that residents keep doing blood donors in Ramadan. Because, usually, the number of donors fell sharply during the fasting month. (Ulf / ANT)