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27-year-old man, who was found positive for the coronavirus after his arrival
in Amritsar from Dubai, on Wednesday became the district’s first patient to
donate his plasma after having recovered from the disease.
The plasma of Gurvinder Pal Singh, a resident
of the Chheharta area in the city, was successfully used on two Covid-19
patients at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Amritsar.
He was tested positive for Covid-19 on May
20 and underwent treatment at the isolation ward of GMCH for 15 days.
“We are
extremely thankful to Gurvinder for donating his plasma, as it can prove
helpful in treating critically ill patients. The blood group of Gurvinder is
‘A’ negative and his plasma could be used for treating patients of the same
blood group. None of the critically ill patients admitted in GMCH, however, has
the matching blood group,” said GMC Amritsar principal Dr Sujata Sharma.
“We sent his plasma to Ludhiana and took
plasma of ‘B’ positive blood group in return. Using the ‘B’ positive blood group,
the plasma therapy has been successfully given to two Covid-19 positive
patients who are admitted here. One of the patients is a resident of the city
while the other belongs to Pathankot,” Dr Sujata said.
Under the
treatment called convalescent plasma therapy, antibody-rich blood plasma of
patients, who have recovered from Covid-19, is preserved for transfusion into
critical patients. The GMC Amritsar got approval from the Indian Council of
Medical Research (ICMR) to treat Covid-19 patients with the therapy on June 19.
So far, the Guru Gobind Singh Medical
College and Hospital, Faridkot, had conducted the state’s only and successful
convalescent plasma transplant.
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