GUWAHATI, INDIA (REUTERS) - When doctors in a flood-ravaged Indian state urgently sought plasma of a particular blood type for a Covid-19 patient this month, health officials sent a boat for a marooned donor who had recovered from the disease weeks ago.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
GUWAHATI, INDIA - When doctors in a flood-ravaged Indian state urgently sought plasma of a particular blood type for a Covid-19 patient this month, health officials sent a boat for a marooned donor who had recovered from the disease weeks ago.
The success of the overall effort is crucial for Assam, one of India's poorest states that is short of remdesivir and tocilizumab to treat severe Covid-19 patients. "When we learned that a person was willing to donate, people went to his house by boat, brought him to the hospital and got the donation done."Plasma from a previously infected person can be used to treat up to two moderately ill patients, Mr Sarma said.
GREY MARKET Assam, where floods have so far killed around 100 people and affected roughly three million, is predicting coronavirus infections will peak in mid-September.Its push for plasma comes as India, the world's biggest suppliers of generic drugs, scrambles to end a local shortage of remdesivir and tocilizumab.
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