PH Red Cross to supply blood in partnership with Bulacan hospital
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has partnered with the Sacred Heart of Jesus Hospital in Malolos City, Bulacan to ensure a steady blood supply for patients, the organization announced on Tuesday.
Under the agreement, for two months, the PRC will provide a safe, adequate, and affordable blood supply for the hospital’s patients in need of a blood transfusion, especially the poor ones.
Prior to this partnership, it was the PRC’s chapter in Bulacan province that was supplying blood to Sacred Heart Malolos, providing 766 units of blood to 435 patients.
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Sacred Heart Malolos, through the agreement, joined PRC’s roster of partner hospitals, which includes the Cardinal Santos Medical Center, the St. Luke’s Medical Center, the AC Healthway Cancer Care Center, and the Manila Doctors Hospital.
The agreement was signed at the PRC National Headquarters in Mandaluyong City on Monday with Sacred Heart Malolos Hospital President Renerio Jover and Medical Director Deogracias Alberto Reyes and PRC Chairperson Richard Gordon and Secretary-General Gwendolyn Pang.
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Article continues after this advertisement“We are in the vocation of alleviating the suffering of vulnerable people so we’re easing the burden not only on patients, but their families. Hindi na nila kailangang magpunta sa amin para sa dugo (They wouldn’t have to go to us for blood), we will deliver blood to their doorsteps,” Gordon’s statement read.
“Hospitals can also save money because they’d no longer need to pay for people to get blood since we’d be the ones to bring to the hospital ourselves,” he added.
