PANGKALPINANG -- Blood donation in the context of the Month of Service to welcome the 48th anniversary of PT Timah has helped the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Pangkalpinang City in meeting blood needs.
PT Timah collaborated with the PMI Pangkalpinang City Blood Transfusion Unit (UTD) to collect 103 blood bags during PT Timah's Month of Service activities which were held at Graha Timah Pangkalpinang, on Thursday (11/7/2024).
The donors were employees of PT Timah Tbk and also the general public who attended this activity.
PMI Pangkalpinang UTD Coordinator, Puspita Sari, admitted that she was greatly helped by PT Timah's 48th anniversary service month activities because it could help PMI provide blood stocks.
"This month of service activity really helps PMI, because every day we need 40 bags of blood. "Today's activity is very helpful. Coincidentally, PMI Pangkalpinang's bloodstock is currently low. If there is a mass event like this, donors are indeed high, especially since PT Timah provides souvenirs for donors," he explained.
Puspita hopes that PT Timah's collaboration with PMI Pangkalpinang can continue, in order to support and meet the need for blood in Pangkalpinang.
"Through events like this, PMI is greatly helped in replenishing blood stocks in Pangandaran. Thank you to PT Timah. We hope that cooperation with events like this can continue. "Happy 48th anniversary PT Timah, hopefully it will be even more prosperous," he said.
One of the PT Timah employees who participated in the Dewi Intan Sari blood donation from the Division shared her first experience of participating in a blood donation. Even though he felt nervous, he gained a new experience.
"Even though I'm nervous, I'm happy to be able to be involved in the service month activities for PT Timah's 48th anniversary this time. Because so far he only dared to see other people donating, and PT Timah's 48th anniversary can be directly involved in becoming a donor," he said.
Meanwhile, another donor, Tombes from the Exploration and Production Planning (PEP) Division, admitted that he felt lighter since donating his blood.
"The last time I donated was two years ago, and even then my body felt lighter and healthier," he said.
Tombes hopes that activities like this will not only be limited to the month of service for PT Timah's anniversary but will be more routine. He also invited in employees and the public to actively donate blood.
"Hopefully in the future, this activity will continue, if possible it will be held regularly outside of the devotional month activities. "I also invite the public and local employees to come on and donate blood so that we can be useful to other people," he said.
The enthusiasm for donating blood was also seen from the residents of Kampung Dul, Tanizar, who deliberately came to donate blood.
This man, who has donated blood 49 times, also feels the health benefits of donating.
"Alhamdulillah, by regularly donating blood, I rarely get sick and am always healthy."
On the occasion of PT Timah's 48th anniversary, he wished PT Timah always a success.
"Happy birthday PT Timah, I hope PT Timah will always be victorious and useful for the people in the environment around PT Timah," he said enthusiastically. (*)
