Is there a difference between blood-donation requirements of foreigners and that of Indonesians?
No, there isn’t. We use international standards for everyone, although foreigners are generally bigger than Indonesians and they can give 500ml. But we still collect 300ml. The only difference is that if someone comes on holidays, then we are more flexible if they want to donate, as we can go to the hotel to extract blood. Some foreigners in Bali have told this newspaper that they would like to donate blood regularly – say, every month, because they do this at home and would like to keep up the practice. Is this possible? If they are rhesus negative we ask them to keep the blood in their body until we need it. Wait for us to ring. Rhesus positive can give their blood every three months. But it’s better for people to give when we need it because we can only keep blood for five weeks. For what kind of accidents and illnesses do foreigners require blood transfusions? Traffic accidents are very common. But also people with thalassemia, leukaemia, anaemia or when a mother has a miscarriage.
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