Haryana Home-cum- Health Minister Anil Vij on Thursday digitally inaugurated a Plasma Bank at Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak.
The Health Minister said that after setting up this plasma bank inside the premises of PGIMS, Rohtak, the State Government is also planning to open more plasma banks in Haryana soon. He said that people recovering from COVID-19 infection should donate plasma so that other patients can be treated easily.
Any person who has been recovered from COVID-19 infection can donate his plasma after 14 days. So far, about 28,000 patients have tested positive for COVID-19 infection in Haryana, of which more than 21,000 have recovered. Such people can now donate their plasma as by donating plasma, atleast two patients can be cured, he added.
Vij further said that a committee has been constituted for the documentation of the Coronavirus. These will include officers from the Medical College and Health Department. They will write a detailed history of Coronavirus so that a thorough research on the beginning of this Pandemic, problems and methods adopted to prevent it can be done.
The Health Minister also spoke to a person who had come for plasma donation. The plasma donor looked excited and the person said that he would also inspire others to donate their plasma. The Minister also lauded all the officers and health workers of the Health Department for their dedicated efforts to save the people of the state from the Pandemic.