Rising costs bleeding Pakistan's charity blood banks dry | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2020年2月2日—“Sincelastyear,thepriceof[afull]bloodbaghasincreasedfromRs1,800toRs2​,200,whichincludesthecostofbloodscreening,”Siddiqui ...

KARACHI: Pakistan’s charity blood banks are bearing the brunt of a weakening currency, amid an increase in the cost of imported blood containers and other blood screening machinery, according to blood suppliers.

The unbreakable, vinyl blood containers which are not manufactured in Pakistan, and the equipment is required for screening of safe donor’s blood have to be imported, and with the Pak rupee devalued by over 40 percent in the last two years, free blood services in the country say it is proving difficult to continue their charity endeavour. Most blood banks in Pakistan offer services free of cost, with expenses borne by donations from private citizens and philanthropists, reports the international media. “We are facing extremely difficult circumstances because of the rising cost of the import of blood bags and blood screening machinery,” Fawzia Siddiqui, chairperson of a wel...