PMI may stop ambulance operation<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI)
\nhas warned it may be forced to stop its ambulance service and
\nblood donor service due to lack of funds.<\/p>\n
Jakarta PMI head Uga Wiranto, said that PMI was facing
\nfinancial problems, and if it failed to receive additional
\ndonations from sponsors, it would stop the ambulance service, and
\neven blood transfusion service, beritajakarta.com reported.<\/p>\n
\"I am afraid the ambulance may break down due to engine
\ntrouble while bringing a patient to the hospital,\" said Uga, who
\nis the wife of former military chief Wiranto.<\/p>\n
PMI has five ambulances, made between 1987 and 1993.<\/p>\n
Poppy S. Petra, who is in charge of fund-raising at PMI
\nCentral Jakarta, said that last year, only Rp 554 million
\n(US$50,500) was collected from a target of Rp 575 million, while
\nin 2000, PMI collected Rp 466 million.<\/p>\n
PMI claimed it could not do much for flood victims due to
\nfinancial constraints and lack of facilities.<\/p>\n
In its Central Jakarta office, for example, many cooking
\nutensils that were needed to open a public kitchen were damaged.
\n--JP<\/p>",
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