ORDINANCE NO.

2009-002
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AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION PROGRAM

IN THE CITY OF NAGA, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE:-

Author : Hon. David Casper Nathan A. Sergio

Co-authors: Hon. Lourdes V. Asence, M.D.
Hon. Jose Mari J. Mercado

Be it ordained by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the

City of Naga, that:

SECTION 1. Title. This ordinance shall be cited as

“Sandugo Ordinance of Naga City.”

SECTION 2. Purposes. It shall be the purpose of this

ordinance to provide a local mechanism by which RA 7719,
otherwise known as the “National Blood Services Act of
1994”, shall be realized in Naga City towards the promotion
of public health.

Consistent with the policy of the state, this

ordinance aims:

a) to promote and encourage voluntary blood donation in

the entire Naga City and to instill public
consciousness of the principle that blood donation is
a humanitarian act and that the provision of blood for
transfusion is not a sale of a commodity;
b) to provide for adequate, safe, affordable and
equitable distribution of supply of blood and blood
products;
c) to inform the public of the benefits of and the need
for voluntary blood donation to curb the hazards
caused by the commercial sale of blood;
d) to mobilize all the sectors of the community to
participate in programs and activities on voluntary
and non-profit collection of blood.

SECTION 3. Definition of Terms – As defined in this

Ordinance, the following terms shall mean:

(a) Blood refers only to whole blood, packed red cells

and fresh frozen plasma. It does not include other
blood components like platelet concentrate.

(b) Blood Bank refers to a blood service facility in a

hospital, duly licensed by the DOH-BHFS and CHD,
with the following service capabilities: (1)
advocacy and promotion of voluntary non-renumerated
blood donation including healthy lifestyle; (2)
storage of whole blood and blood components
obtained from a blood center or another blood
service facility; (3) compatibility testing of red
cell units; (4) direct Coombs Test; (5) red cell
antibody screening; (6) investigation of blood
transfusion reactions; (7) assist the Hospital
 Blood Transfusion Committee (HBTC) in the conduct
of post-transfusion surveillance (hemovigilance).

(c) Blood Service Facility refers to a unit, agency or

institution providing blood products. It can be a
Blood Station, Blood collection Unit, Hospital
Blood Bank, or Blood Center.

(d) Volunteer Blood Donor refers to any qualified,

healthy individual fit to donate blood on his own
volition or initiative and expecting no monetary
compensations.

(e) Walking Blood Donor refers to an individual

included in the list of qualified blood donors who
is ready to donate blood when needed in his/her
community.

(f) Blood Donor Registry refers to a list of

individuals who are registered as blood donors with
their ABO group and RH type, identity and contact
information (e.g. complete name, address &
telephone/cellular phone number, e-mail address).

(g) Serology Test refers to examination done in the

blood units donated prior to transfusion which are
limited to Hepatitis B Surface Astrogen (HBsAg),
Human Immune Virus (HIV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV),
Syphilis/Rapid Plasma Reagent (RPR), and Malaria.
The cost incurred for serology test is charged to
the requesting party/patient; the required fee is
prescribed through a memorandum issued by the
Department of Health.

(h) Local Blood Council refers to a non-profit, multi-

sectoral group whose members come from government
and private sectors in the local community
committed to support the blood program. Its
objective is to plan and implement a local blood
donation program in accordance to Department of
Health (DOH) policies and guidelines on Local Blood
Councils.

SECTION 4. Authority to City Mayor. In furtherance of

this ordinance, the City Mayor is hereby authorized to
enter into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Bicol
Medical Center, subject to its ratification by the
Sangguniang Panlungsod.

SECTION 5. Bicol Medical Center as Main Blood Bank.

The Bicol Medical Center (BMC), through its Blood Bank and
Transfusion Service, is hereby recognized as the main blood
bank due to its bigger and superior capabilities within the
locality. The Naga City Hospital shall function as a
satellite blood bank.
 The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) and other
government and private Blood Service Facilities shall also
be tapped as alternative blood storage units especially
during emergencies and disasters.

SECTION 6. Access to BMC Blood Bank. The city’s blood

deposits at the BMC shall be accessed by bonafide residents
of Naga City through a simple procedure to be agreed upon
both by the City Government of Naga and the BMC, and taking
into consideration the DOH-authorized fee on serology test.

Residents of other local government units may access

the blood deposits of Naga City, through the BMC, subject
to automatic replenishment of quantity used.

SECTION 7. Role of Public Health Workers – Personnel

of the City Health Office, City Hospital, and the City
Population and Nutrition Office, including volunteers like
the Barangay Health Workers, the Barangay Service Point
Officers and the Barangay Nutrition Scholars are enjoined
to actively support this voluntary blood donation program,
particularly in the advocacy works and recruitment of
donors.

SECTION 8. Role of Barangays. All barangays of Naga

City, through their respective Barangay Councils and their
Health Committees, are likewise enjoined to provide support
to this program, particularly during the conduct of public
education, recruitment of donors and mass blood letting.
Those barangays, however, with subsisting MOA with BMC upon
the enactment of this Ordinance, may continue with their
voluntary blood donation program.

SECTION 9. Coordination with PNRC and Other Hospitals.

For the best interest of the Program, close coordination
shall also be undertaken with the Philippine National Red
Cross (PNRC) and the other hospitals in the city, aside
from the Bicol Medical Center.

SECTION 10. Coordination with Civic/Non-Government

Organizations, Schools, Media, Private Companies,
Government Institutions, Associations/Groups, and
Fraternities/Sororities. For purposes of securing volunteer
blood donors and/or other forms of program support,
coordination and linkages shall likewise be established
with the various civic/non-government organizations,
schools, media, private companies, government institutions,
associations/groups and fraternities/sororities in the
city.

SECTION 11. Local Blood Council. A Local Blood Council

shall hereinafter be established in Naga City, through an
Executive Order to be issued later by the City Mayor,
following the policies and guidelines that will be issued
soon by the Department of Health.

SECTION 12. Designation of Program Director. To carry

out the objectives of this ordinance, a Program Director
shall immediately be designated by the City Mayor. For
added credibility to the program, the Program Director
shall ideally be a regular volunteer blood donor himself or
herself, and an active advocate of the blood program.

SECTION 13. Initial Duties of the Program Director.

Until the Naga City Blood Council is so established, and
its strategies and policies are formulated and adopted, the
Program Director shall have the following initial duties,
namely:

a) to work for the signing of a Memorandum of

Agreement between the City Government of Naga and
the Bicol Medical Center;

b) to link up and establish functional relationship

with the Bicol Medical Center, the Philippine
National Red Cross and the other hospitals in the
city on matters relating to blood donation and
transfusion;

c) to encourage the various Barangay Councils, through

their respective Committees on Health, to actively
support the program;

d) to perform coordination works with concerned City

Hall departments and their respective volunteer
workers, and with the various sectors in the
community for the promotion of the voluntary blood
donation program;

e) to formulate a plan, to cover the first quarter of

2009, and implement the same in coordination with
the BMC, PNRC, the Barangay Councils, the Public
Health Workers, and other sectors.

SECTION 14. Incentives to Blood Donors and Program

Supporters. As a rule, non-monetary incentives shall be
given to each blood donor and to each entity that actually
supported or helped organize mass blood letting activity.
Tokens or gift certificates or discount cards may also be
provided, when available. City Government employees, who
donate blood, may be given day-off on the day of donation.
Recognition may also be given to blood donors through a
fitting ceremony during the World Blood Donation Day (June
14).

The City Mayor, or the Local Blood Council, shall have

the authority to grant incentives under this program, and
may formulate and issue guidelines for the purpose.

SECTION 15. Identification Card for Blood Donors. Each

volunteer blood donor shall be issued an Identification
Card containing his full name, city address and blood type.
This card shall free of charge and non-transferable.

SECTION 16. Safekeeping of Blood Donor Registry and

Other Vital Records. Blood Donors Registry and List of
Program Supporters shall be recorded in quadruplicate copy,
to be kept by the designated Program Director, the
Secretary/Records Officer of the Naga City Blood Council or
its Secretariat Office, if any, and both by the City Health
Office and the City Hospital. Also to be recorded and kept
in the same way is the List of Walking Blood Donors plus
their contact numbers, if available, per barangay and
categorized according to blood type. A separate listing of
people with special or rare types of blood (e.g. those with
type AB blood, or those with RH Negative, etc.), together
with their addresses and contact numbers, shall be
established in the entire city, to facilitate coordination
and assistance during emergency cases.

Participating barangays or entities during mass blood

letting activity may keep their own records, for reference
purposes.

SECTION 17. Financing the Program. The Sandugo Program

of Naga City may be financed from the following sources,
namely: (1) allocation from the Regional Blood Center,
NVBSP; (2) contributions from the business sector, PNRC
National Blood Services, non-government organizations,
civic and religious organizations; (3) grants from
government financial institutions; (4) subsidy from private
and government hospitals; and (5) fund-raising activities
in the city.

For this purpose, a Trust Fund Account for the Sandugo

Program shall be established at the City Treasurer’s
Office.

SECTION 18. Funding. An initial amount of One Hundred

Thousand Pesos (P100,000) shall be appropriated under the
Non-Office Item of the 2009 Annual Budget to cover the
various activities related to the program. Beginning 2010
and the years thereafter, such amount as are necessary
shall be included in the city’s Annual Budget based on a
proposal made by the Naga City Blood Council, duly endorsed
by the Local Health Board and approved by the City Mayor.

SECTION 19. Effectivity. This ordinance shall take

effect immediately upon its approval.

ENACTED: January 6, 2009

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WE HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing

ordinance.

(sgd) GIL A. DE LA TORRE

Secretary to the
Sangguniang Panlungsod

(Sgd) GABRIEL H. BORDADO, JR.

City Vice Mayor &
Presiding Officer

APPROVED:

(Sgd) JESSE M. ROBREDO

City Mayor