A 42-year-old Delhi Police Head Constable saved the lives of more than 350 patients who were suffering from Covid-19 by donating them plasma. Police said that some of the police personnel had also donated plasmas not just once but a couple of times.
Head Constable Krishan Kumar is posted at Kapashera police station in Southwest district and he donated plasma not just once but five times.
Kumar was tested Coronavirus positive on May 1 and got admitted in a hospital within five days of getting tested when his health deteriorated. But after battling Covid-19, he was discharged from the hospital on May 19. Within 10 days after recovery, he donated plasma on May 28 for the first time.
Krishan Kumar said that one of his colleague's wife was suffering from Coronavirus and she was serious and required a plasma donor. “I had just recovered then, I was weak and I was a little afraid too, but then when I was battling the virus, my seniors and collegaues stood by my side. It inspired me and I went ahead with it,” said Kumar.
“If I could be of any help and save fives of people, it is my duty to serve the people. So, whenever there was a requirement or urgency, I went ahead with it,” he said. “Right from the beginning of Covid in March 2020, police personnel were not only required to maintain law and order during the lockdown but were also on toes as frontline warriors in curbing the pandemic,” said Dr Eish Singhal, the Public Relation Officer (PRO), Delhi Police.