Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Punjab Scripts History In Medical Science By Setting Up State's First Plasma Bank at Patiala :PLASMA Bank Will Play Significant Role In Treating Critically Ill Patients Of CORONA


Punjab made its first plasma bank at Rajindra Hospital Patiala functional today. The plasma bank dedicated to the public by MP Patiala and former state Minister of External Affairs, Preneet Kaur and Cabinet Minister for Medical Education and Research, OP Soni accompanied by Principal Secretary DK Tewari through Video Conferencing. Preneet Kaur: MP Patiala and former state Minister of External Affairs
It is a big achievement for state to have its own plasma bank with a facility of two machines for the purpose under Mission Fateh. Successful trial of plasma therapy had already been done here that paved the way for setting up of plasma bank.
Cabinet Minister for Medical Education and Research, OP Soni accompanied by Principal Secretary DK Tewari
Any person, who was tested COVID positive earlier and now have been declared cured, can donate his/her plasma here barring co-morbidity patients and pregnant women. The cured person becomes eligible for donating Plasma after 28 days of declared cured, adding that antibodies start developing after two weeks in the human body, infected from CORONA VIRUS.
Terming plasma bank another milestone in the treatment of COVID patients who will be in critical stage, he said that Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh had been doing his best for preventing the COVID patients from fatality.

Earlier in June month, this Government College and Hospital had got an upgraded V R D Lab with a cost of Rs 56 lakh for expanding its current testing capacity of 3,000 to 7,000 and now a state of the art plasma bank for saving the lives of critical patients.
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Preneet Kaur while participating in the inaugural ceremony through video conferencing said that today was the historic day for the state especially for Patiala region to serve the critical COVID patients with more commitment. She said that earlier within a record 20 days the VRD Lab infrastructure was upgraded to enhance its testing capacity and today with the functioning of Plasma Bank, the state had fulfilled another commitment to its residents in this stage of pandemic. She asked the doctors to provide the facility of plasma therapy to the COVID patients with more dedication from now onwards so that even a single fatality could not happen.
Apart from 600 bedded isolation facility with 100 percent oxygen supply at each bed, 54 ventilators have also been installed for critical patients. In the coming days, the number of ventilators would be expanded to 100.


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