Tribratanews.polri.go.id – Palangka Raya. Welcoming the 75th Bhayangkara Day, Central Kalimantan Regional Police organised blood donation and convalescent plasma screening for Police Members at the Kerucut Hall of Central Kalimantan Regional Police Headquarters, Tjilik Riwut Street Km. 1 Palangka Raya City, Wednesday (06/23/2021) morning.
Chief of Central Kalimantan Regional Police, Police General Inspector Dedi Prasetyo, directly monitored the activity accompanied by the Chairperson of Central Kalimantan Bhayangkari Mrs. Martha Dedi Prasetyo, and accompanied by Head of Bhayangkara Palangka Raya Hospital, Police Commissioner Anton Sudarto.
In its implementation, Central Kalimantan Regional Police through Bhayangkara Palangka Raya Hospital in collaboration with Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) carried out blood donation and initial examination or screening for prospective convalescent plasma donors for Covid-19 patients.
Head of Bhayangkara Palangka Raya Hospital, Police Commissioner Anton Sudarto said during the Covid-19 pandemic, all parties were trying to overcome the Covid-19 disease and its effects. One of the impacts of this pandemic is that the number of blood donors has also decreased, so that the blood stock in various UTD (Blood Transfussion Unit) PMIs is running low.
"The purpose of implementing this Blood Donor and Convalescent Plasma Screening is to way to increase blood stock at PMI UTD and to determine the antibody titer level of a donor who has been declared cured of Covid-19. If the donor is met the requirements, then prospective convalescent plasma donors will be collected as data [of person who cured of Covid-19],” Head of Bhayangkara Palangka Raya Hospital explained.
In this blood donation activity, 114 bags of blood and 20 convalescent plasma donors were collected from 156 donors; 22 people did not meet the requirements. The results of the blood donation were handed over to PMI Palangka Raya.
