Recently the Union government allowed Gujarat healthauthorities to use on an experimental basis the plasmatransfusion therapy which aims to boost the immunity ofcritical patients.
Plasma (a component of blood) of recovered patientscontains antibodies, which are supposed to help fight theinfection when injected in other patients.
On Thursday, 44 Muslim patients were given dischargefrom a Covid Care Centre in Vadodara after they testednegative for infection twice in two days, said communityleader Zuber Goplani.
Since all of them were asymptomatic and innon-critical stage, they were kept at this Covid centre, setup in the hostel premises of Ebrahim Bawany IndustrialTraining Institute on Ajwa road.
"With intensive care and quality food provided byauthorities, they finally recovered," Goplani added.
"Since the plasma of their blood now carriesantibodies for coronavirus, we asked them to donate theirplasma so that lives of other patients can be saved," he said.
While leaving, more than 40 of them said they wereready to donate plasma.
IAS officer Vinod Rao, who is in-charge of VadodaraCOVID-19 operation, said doctors, officials and communityleaders persuaded these patients to donate their blood so thatplasma can be extracted.
"I am glad to know that they have agreed to becomeplasma donors. Plasma of these 40-odd patients will be usefulin saving lives of 100 others," said Rao. PJT PDKRK KRK