Tag: Plasma Therapy

Bhubaneswar: On a day when Odisha witnessed the biggest surge in COVID-19 cases, the State government also claimed success in Convalescent plasma therapy. Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday informed that a 48-year-old female COVID-19 patient of Cuttack who was the first patient from Odisha treated with plasma therapy has recovered. The patient reportedly […]

Berhampur: Ganjam is seeing a steep rise in COVID19 cases due to intensive door-to-door health screening in the district, said Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange while allaying fears that there is nothing to panic and hopefully cases will come down in the coming weeks. As per the Health & Family Welfare Department, Ganjam has reported more […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after several ministers were assigned responsibilities by Odisha government to encourage COVID-19 recovered patients to donate plasma, opposition parties today accused Odisha government of politicising the fight against the virus. Leader of Opposition Pradipta Naik said experienced people should be appointed for such initiative. “When COVID-19 situation has worsened in Odisha, State […]

Berhampur: The first three COVID-19 patients in Ganjam district, who were administered blood plasma in Tata Hospital, have recovered from the virus, informed district collector, Vijay Amruta Kulange. Informing about the recovery of the three patients, Kulange appealed people, who have already recovered from the infection, to donate plasma. “Glad to share that these are […]

New Delhi: As the wait for the Covid-19 vaccine continues, the battle rages on. Scores of people have tested positive for the novel Coronavirus, many have succumbed, and many more have recovered from the infection as well. For those patients who successfully overcome the virus, social media is inundated with requests that they donate their […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking Odisha’s fight against Coronavirus a step further, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday inaugurated third Plasma Bank of the State at Ispat General Hospital (IGH) in Rourkela. Inaugurating the Plasma Bank, Patnaik said that IGH will play a crucial role in fighting the deadly virus that has acquired a pandemic proportion in the […]

New York: In an ongoing study of more than 300 Covid-19 patients treated with convalescent plasma therapy in the US, researchers suggest that the treatment is safe and effective. The study, published in the American Journal of Pathology, tracked 350 severely ill Covid-19 patients admitted to the Houston Methodist’s system of eight hospitals from March […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Thursday set a milestone by conducting plasma administration to a total of 1,000 patients suffering from Covid-19 in the State. Congratulating the doctors and health workers for their efforts in the fight the pandemic, the Health and Family Welfare department took to the Twitter and said, “It’s an admirable achievement for the […]

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) issued a big statement on Tuesday regarding plasma therapy, which is touted as a life saving intervention for patients suffering from severe Covid-19. The Director-General (DG) of ICMR, Balram Bhargava, stated that plasma therapy may be deleted from the national clinical protocols for the management of […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the confusion over the use of plasma therapy and Remdesivir for treating COVID-19 patients, Odisha Health Secretary Pradipta Mohapatra today clarified that the State is yet to receive any official statement from ICMR related to the ineffectiveness of the therapy or the use of the anti-viral drug in treating the infected patients. The […]

New Delhi: Convalescent plasma therapy, which uses the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients as a potential treatment, has shown limited effect in reducing the progression to severe disease or death in a trial conducted in India, scientists say. The study, published on Thursday in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), involved 464 adults with moderate COVID-19 […]