New Delhi (NVI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that initial trials of plasma therapy conducted on four COVID-19 patients in Lok Nayak Hospital have shown satisfactory results so far.
While addressing a media briefing, Kejriwal said the government will conduct more trials of plasma therapy in the next few days.
“We are happy with the positive results in the four patients. Blood and plasma is ready for 2-3 other patients that we have at LNJP hospital, we may give them the plasma therapy today,” he said.
Initial trials of plasma therapy give hope… https://t.co/8ZQmeCWiPu
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 24, 2020
Kejriwal also appealed to all people who have recovered from COVID-19 to come forward and donate plasma for serious patients.
The trials are being conducted in collaboration with the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, which will be processing the blood to derive plasma and store it.
Plasma therapy is an experimental procedure to treat COVID-19 infection. In this method, plasma from a COVID-19 patient who has fully recovered is transfused into a coronavirus patient with critical condition.
So far, Delhi has 2,376 COVID-19 positive cases, including 50 deaths.
