According to the German Red Cross (DRK), the supply situation for life-saving blood products in Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony is "stable at a low level". "This means that the patient supply is secured across all blood groups for at least one and a half days," said DRK spokeswoman Susanne von Rabenau. The situation is initially satisfactory, but can only remain so if donations continue to be stable, as some of the preparations only have a shelf life of four days.
In Berlin and Brandenburg, around 600 donations are needed every day to cover the needs of clinics and doctors' surgeries. In Saxony, the figure is 650. If there were significantly fewer donations on a few days in a row, the stocks in the depots would be used up very quickly. Patient care would then no longer be fully guaranteed, warned von Rabenau.
