- King George Medical University of Lucknow has launched the Blood Plasma Therapy for the Coronavirus treatment in India. With this, King George Medical University became the first Indian government hospital to provide plasma therapy COVID-19 treatment. The first patient of the therapy was a 58- year old doctor. This was an experimental treatment for treating the disease.
What is the process?
- The patients recovered from COVID-19 generate IGM and IGG antibodies against the virus. These antibodies are assessed from the samples of the donors through rapid tests. The plasma collected from the volunteering donors are then transfused into patients that are critically sick due to the virus.
- The DGCI has passed an order that not more than 1000 ml of plasma can be collected from a donor in one month.
