The Committee to Study the Prices of Services Provided by the Blood Bank and Laboratory Analysis confirmed that blood is not a commodity for sale or purchase, and the fee for expatriates is a symbolic fee for administrative procedures.

After one and a half years of study, the committee decided to impose a fee on expatriates in 2021. The fee is for administrative charges such as preserving and transporting blood bags and laboratory analyses. The fee is exempt in the event of a donor, which is for encouraging blood donation.

Patients who need blood transfusions and their derivatives, such as critical cases, children, and cancer patients, are exempt from these fees.

Also, the committee stated that it made strenuous efforts to compare these fees with those of other countries in the region, since they are still relatively low compared to the actual costs of blood transfusion and preservation services as well as the technical and administrative procedures involved.

As a result of imposing a fee, the committee anticipated that blood transfusion services would be rationalized and directed in the right direction.