Consistent in Supporting Health Sector, BCA Donated Equipments for Cataract Surgery and Blood Donation

Jakarta, 3 December 2019 – Based on the concept of sustainability and shared value for community development, BCA, through the Bakti BCA’s CSR program, consistently works together to develop programs based on three pillars namely Smart Solution in education sector, Synergy Solution in the fields of culture, health, environment, sports as well as empathy, and Excellent Business Solution in the field of developing MSMEs, community and tourism villages. This time, through the Synergy Solution, BCA donated cataract surgical tools and equipments for blood donation worth Rp1.3 billion to SPBK Perdami Head Office, Perdami DKI Jakarta Branch Office, and Perdami Riau Branch Office and the handover of donations for blood-taking donors to the UTD PMI DKI Jakarta. 

President Director of BCA Jahja Setiaatmadja together with Executive Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of BCA Inge Setiawati symbolically handed over 1 microscope and cataract instruments to Chairman of SPBK Perdami Head Office Umar Mardianto, donated 1 microscope to Chairwoman of Perdami DKI Jakarta Elvioza, supported the purchase of 1 phacoemulsification machine to representative of Perdami Riau Isfiyanto and 6 sets of Blood Scale & Mixer to Rudi Hatibie DKI Jakarta Provincial PMI Management, and Deputy Head of UTD PMI DKI Jakarta Ni Ken Ritchie in Jakarta, Tuesday (03/11). The donation is intended to support the improvement of the quality of health service in Indonesia. 

Based on data from the World Health Organization (WHO), in Indonesia, there are about 3.5 million people suffering from blindness, with 50% or around 1.5 million blind people are caused by cataracts. Based on the records of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia (RI Ministry of Health), as of August 30, 2018, cataract is the leading cause of blindness in Indonesia, which reaches almost 60 per cent. In addition to that, BCA continues to support medical activities run by PMI. Based on the records of World Health Organization (WHO) on the Ministry of Health website, in July 2017, the minimum amount of blood requirements in Indonesia is around 5.1 million blood bags per year or 2% of Indonesia population.

“This is what makes us realize that cataract blindness and blood requirements in Indonesia remains major health issues faced by the public. For this reason, various initiatives are required of various parties, including from private sector. As the bank of the people, BCA whishes to give more attention to improving the quality of public health, not only through the implementation of free cataract surgery and blood donor activities. Therefore, this support is a testament to our efforts to ensure a better collective welfare,” Jahja said. 

Jahja added, until 2019, BCA and SPBK Perdami Head Office had conducted 5,328 cataract surgeries in various regions in Indonesia. Whereas, with PMI, BCA managed to collect more than 47 thousand blood bags from 108 times blood donor activities. In addition, in 2018, BCA had also donated two units of Inl – 0990 – A INAMI MEGA – 80 OPERATION MICROSCOPE WITH X – Y DEVICE & AUTOMATIC FOOT – SWITCH AND ACCESSORIES (JAPAN) worth Rp500 million to SPBK Perdami Head Office, one unit of eye microscope & carrying box worth Rp375 million to Perdami DKI Jakarta Branch and donated 4 units of blood scale & mixer to PMI worth Rp440 million. 

“We would like to invite everyone to help those in need. We also hope that our supports will provide positive impacts on sustainable public health,” Jahja concluded. 

BCA Donated Rp1.3 Billion Worth of Equipments for Cataract Surgery and Blood Donation – President Director of BCA Jahja Setiaatmadja (center) with Executive Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibilty (CSR) of BCA Inge Setiawati (third left) after symbolically submitting a donation of 1 microscope and cataract instruments to Chairman of SPBK Perdami Head Office Umar Mardianto (second left), 1 microscope to Chairwoman of Perdami DKI Jakarta Branch Elvioza (right), supported the purchase of 1 phacoemulsification machine to representative of Perdami Riau Isfiyanto and 6 sets of Blood Scale & Mixer to Rudi Hatibie (second right) DKI Jakarta Provincial PMI Management, and Deputy Head of UTD PMI DKI Jakarta Ni Ken Ritchie (third right) in Jakarta (03/12).