The Delhi government has ordered the Delhi Plasma Bank at ILBS to collect replacement convalescent plasma against the plasma issued to patients suffering from COVID-19.
While the official order came on Thursday, the plasma bank had started asking for replacement from Sunday after it received the direction from the office of Deputy Chief Minister, informed Dr Shantanu Dubry, in-charge of issuing plasma at the bank.
Dr Meenu Bajpai, head of transfusion medicine department, said that the replacement donor will be arranged by the hospitals. “The hospital where the patient is being treated would arrange for the replacement donor,” she said.
She also said that more than hundred plasma have been issued and almost the same number of donors have come forward. “However, to maintain the stock, it is necessary to have a system of replacement donors,” Dr Meenu added.
The order mentioned that the move was taken “keeping in view the projected requirement and scarce availability of this (convalascent plasma) meagre resource”.
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