Delhi got its second plasma bank on Tuesday, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurating the facility at the state-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital here for treatment of COVID-19 patients.
Wondering what plasma therapy is all about? Don't worry, here's enlisting everything from donation to benefits in COVID-19 treatment about the plasma therapy.
There is a high demand for plasma in Delhi after the plasma bank initiative taken by the government, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in a press conference. While giving a briefing on the COVID-19 situation in Delhi he said that now that people know how to get plasma when in need, the demand is very high, but the supply is not enough to match it.
Riddhima Kapoor Sahni is proud of her husband Bharat Sahni, as he donated plasma amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Taking to Instagram Stories, Riddhima posted a picture in which Bharat is seen in the hospital sitting on a chair and donating plasma.
Someone weighing less than 50 kg, women who have a history of pregnancy, cancer survivors, and those with kidney, heart, lung or liver diseases are not eligible to donate plasma.
The Delhi High Court on Friday declined to entertain a PIL seeking directions to the Centre and the AAP government to make it mandatory to obtain plasma from patients who recovered from COVID-19 either at home or at a hospital and directed that it be treated as a representation.
The Delhi Plasma Bank clarified on Thursday that it does not charge any amount for providing plasma to the patients, after a document started doing the rounds on social media where it was mentioned that the bank would charge Rs 25,000 from private and corporate hospitals against the plasma provided to them.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, while addressing the media said that COVID-19 patients can now donate their plasma 14 days after recovery. Wondering what plasma therapy is all about? Don't worry, here's enlisting everything from donation to benefits about the plasma therapy.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday inaugurated Delhi's first plasma bank to help treat novel coronavirus. While addressing a virtual press conference, Kejriwal informed that COVID-19 patients can donate their plasma 14 days after recovery.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has laid out guidelines as to how a person can donate plasma in the national capital. This has been done to boost the plasma bank initiative started by the Delhi government to minimise the COVID-19 deaths in Delhi. Kejriwal in his press conference said that the government needs the assistance of all those who have recovered from coronavirus to help those who are still fighting it.
Haryana will soon start convalescent plasma therapy for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in all its medical colleges, Health Minister Anil Vij said on Monday.
As per the CMO, all critical patients will be receiving two doses of 200 ml of convalescent plasma. The plasma of the recovered COVID-19 patients contains antibodies that help in fighting the infection.
In an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus in the national capital, the Delhi government has decided to start a Plasma bank that will be used for treating COVID-19 patients. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in a press conference, announced about the formation of the Plasma bank.
All COVID-19 patients in Delhi who are recovering at home will be provided Oximeter so that they can keep checking their oxygen levels at regular intervals. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in a press conference, said that this was being done because of a trend that was being observed that with some patients oxygen level drops despite no symptoms. Kejriwal also announced that after positive results in initial trials, Delhi govt has now got a green light for administering plasma therapy for 200 more COVID-19 patients.
A 22-year-old man was arrested for allegedly cheating Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on the pretext of donating plasma to coronavirus patients, police said on Monday.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain had tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to RGSSH after running high-grade fever and suffering sudden drop in oxygen levels.
A 51-year-old man, who was battling for life after being infected by coronavirus has recovered after undergoing convalescent plasma therapy at a government hospital in Thrissur, in a first such instance in Kerala using the experimental medical technique.
Convalescent Plasma Therapy is an experimental procedure where plasma from the blood of a recovered COVID-19 patient is transfused to a critically ill coronavirus patient.
The West Bengal government in collaboration with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is set to commence clinical trials of convalescent plasma therapy with the objective of treating COVID-19 patients in the city.
The convalescent plasma therapy is no "magic bullet" to deal with coronavirus, and only large-scale controlled trials can ascertain its efficacy as part of the treatment strategy, top medical experts said on Monday, even as several states are considering the use of the therapy to treat critically-ill COVID-19 patients.
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