Chief Minister Hemant Soren today said that all the necessary equipment for the treatment of corona infected patients should be ensured in the Covid-19 hospitals and Isolation Centers set up in the State. For this, the Government is fully alert and people are urged to follow lockdown and fight the epidemic and win this war.
While holding a meeting with specialist doctors and Chief Secretary Sukhdeo Singh, the CM said that the State government has taken all necessary steps for prevention of corona epidemic and better treatment of infected patients. Constant contact is being made with the specialist regarding what is the need of medicine and necessary equipment for the treatment of corona infected patients and how they can be maximized.
The specialist doctors, on the occasion, suggested initiation of storage of plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients for possible treatment of critically-ill Covid-19patients of Jharkhand.
They said that the treatment of patients suffering from Covid-19 by Plasma Therapy by using plasma procured from patients recovered from severe or life threatening COVID infection is already practiced successfully in many countries. Even USA FDA has recently approved this therapy.
The DCGI has also approved the clinical trial proposal for Convalescent Plasma Therapy submitted by ICMR on 17th April 2020, they added.
Considering the rapid increase in number of Covid-19 patients in Jharkhand, it is proposed by Blood Bank, Raj Hospitals, Ranchi that like other states of India viz. Maharashtra, Kerala and Delhi, Jharkhand should also initiate this Therapy in State by approaching ICMR for permission of same in Jharkhand State.
“Fortunately, COVID patients of our State have now started recovering and if we will start preserving plasma now, we will be able to cure critical patients of Covid-19 in coming days. As per today’s scenario, one unit of plasma will save at least two patients of Covid-19,” said the doctors.
For this the Blood Bank, Raj Hospitals has volunteered for social mobilization, counseling and convincing Covid-19 recovered patients for plasma donation, its collection, storage and distribution on honorary basis (free of cost) for public interest.
As this will need the support of RIMS, the team has requested the CM to discuss the above proposal with RIMS management and give a final shape to this project for the sake of people of Jharkhand.
Meanwhile, the CM said that despite having limited resources, we are fighting with full power and getting some success. “While we are increasing the number of screening centers to prevent infection, we will now do a large number of tests even faster through rapid test kits and pool testing. The encouraging news is that we are now increasingly making people infection free,” he said.
The Chief Minister said that against hunger, Chief Minister Didi Kitchen, community kitchen in police stations, model of Chief Minister Kitchen are being appreciated all over the country. The biggest thing is that no Jharkhandi is sleeping hungry today. The CM said, “I assure the people of the State that every Jharkhandi, whether they are trapped workers, students, workers or businessmen in other states. Help will definitely reach them.”
The CM said earnestly that there is just a request to everyone to make a distance among themselves, but to keep the hearts connected. “Remember, we are Jharkhandis, who never bowed before the British, then we will overcome even the biggest obstacle,” he said.