Lucknow hospital begins plasma therapy to treat COVID-19 positive patients

A 58-year-old doctor became first coronavirus patient at King George Medical University (KGMU) to receive plasma rapy as an experimental treatment for disease, a hospital official said on Monday.

doctor from Orai in Uttar Presh was ministered plasma donated by a woman doctor from Cana who was first COVID-19 patient mitted to KGMU and later recovered, Dr Tulika Chandra of hospital's blood transfusion medicine department said.

patient has been kept under round clock observation and if required a second dose of plasma would be given to him later in day or on Tuesday, doctor said. Three coronavirus patients who have w recovered have so far donated ir plasma for treatment of ors suffering from disease. y include a resident doctor of KGMU, Tauseef Khan, she said. 

Convalescent Plasma rapy is an experimental procedure for COVID-19 patients. In this treatment plasma, a blood component, from a cured COVID-19 patient is transfused to a critically ill coronavirus patient. blood of a person who has recovered from COVID-19 develops antibodies to battle against virus. This rapy uses antibodies from blood of a cured coronavirus patient to treat ar critical patient.

idea behind this rapy is that immunity can be transferred from a healthy person to a sick patient using convalescent plasma. Once blood plasma of recovered patient is infused with that of second patient, antibodies start fighting against coronavirus in second person's body. process of donating plasma is similar to that of donating blood and takes about an hour.

On April 21, Uttar Presh Chief Minister Yogi ityanath h asked state's medical authorities to promote plasma rapy for treatment of COVID-19 patients after examining its efficacy. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recently allowed states to start clinical trials of plasma rapy. Many states like Kerala, Gujarat and Punjab have alrey started using it for treatment of coronvairus patients.

Several or countries including United Kingdom and United States have also started plasma rapy trials. 

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