Punjab on Tuesday got its first Plasma Bank at Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, which is also the country’s second Plasma Bank after Delhi.
Inaugurating the Bank via videoconferencing, the state Medical Education and Research, Minister OP Soni said that the Plasma Bank will play a vital role in the fight against this pandemic, and would prove a milestone.
Soni said that various trials of plasma therapy have been successfully conducted earlier in the State, which paved the way for the establishment of Plasma Bank.
He said that Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh is making all possible efforts to minimize the deaths, which is occurring due to COVID-19.
Giving information about the newly-established plasma bank, he said that it is equipped with two plasma machines and a third machine would be introduced soon. “We have no shortage of testing kits for antibody testing and latest testing equipment will be available soon,” he added.
At the same time, Soni appealed to all the recovered COVID-19 patients to come forward to donate plasma, adding that “the initiative would be successful only with their support”.