Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that a ‘plasma bank’ will be made operational in the national capital in two days to treat COVID-19 patients.
Plasma therapy involves injecting blood-component plasma extracted from a cured coronavirus patient into a positive case for treatment.
Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said: “Plasma bank will be made operational at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in the next two days. Government or private hospitals in which the patient is being treated can prescribe plasma therapy after which ILBS can be approached.”
The Chief Minister also urged cured patients to come forward to donate plasma and said that they will be provided taxi service to and from the hospital.
A contact number will also be made operational, on which people can call or message to inform the authorities that they want to donate plasma.
“People have this misconception that they will contract coronavirus again if they step into a hospital. I want to inform them that the possibility of contracting the virus again is low and, moreover, ILBS is not a COVID hospital,” he emphasised.
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