After the loss of 96 units of red blood cells belonging to the Fundación Hematológica Colombia that were to be destined for three city clinicsthe mayor of Cali, Jorge Iván Ospina announced a $20 million reward to clear up this situation.
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“This is a vital resource, a lifesaver and therefore the great concern that these units have been lost,” said the Cali president, who asked the Attorney General’s Office to appoint a prosecutor for the investigation to proceed.
Although the first reports on this event indicated that it was a robbery, Mayor Ospina comments that according to the report he received, it is not clear what happened.
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“It is not necessary that it is a robbery. In the report that I have, it does not indicate that there have been armed men stealing the blood units, that is why the request that a prosecutor take charge and letters in the matter because above all it is about red blood cells aimed at saving lives, “said Ospina Gómez. .
As a doctor, this fact represents a great concern for Mayor Ospina, due to the affectation that red blood cells may have.
“There is a loss of rigor in the chain of custody, the cold chain and the responsibility that the transporter of a blood product like the one that has been lost should have. The loss of these globules is very strange and there will have to be a pertinent clarity in the company responsible for the distribution,” Ospina said.
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