Pointing to the effectiveness of convalescent plasma therapy on COVID-19 patients, a man who underwent the therapy at the Government Medical College Hospital here has been shifted from ventilator support to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This was the first successful case of plasma therapy for COVID-19 in the State. Though plasma therapy was tried on some other patients too, including former Santhosh Trophy player E. Hamsakoya, it was not effective on them. The convalescent plasma therapy was done on the critically ill 51-year-old COVID-19 patient, who arrived from Delhi, on an experimental treatment basis, with plasma collected from a person who recovered from the viral infection. WillingnessMany patients who recovered from COVID-19 had expressed willingness to donate plasma.

Source: The Hindu June 19, 2020 13:18 UTC