Bhubaneswar: In a first in Odisha, a COVID-19 patient treated with convalescent plasma therapy has recovered from the disease.
Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday identified the patient as a 48-year-old woman of Cuttack. She underwent plasma therapy at Ashwini COVID Hospital.
Happy to share that a 48-year old female patient of Cuttack who was the first patient of #Odisha treated with #PlasmaTherapy (at Ashwini Covid hospital) has recovered and is being discharged today.
— H & FW Dept Odisha (@HFWOdisha) July 24, 2020
According to official sources, 13 patients in Odisha have received plasma therapy and most of them are responding well to the treatment.
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Convalescent plasma therapy began in three hospitals – SUM Hospital and KIIMS Hospital in Bhubaneswar and Ashwini Hospital in Cuttack – on July 15 and July 16.
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On July 15, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated a plasma bank at SCB Medical College and Hospital, which acts as the nodal agency. He also appealed to eligible COVID-19 survivors to donate their plasma.
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Plasma therapy was started at Tata COVID Hospital at Sitalapalli in Ganjam district on July 22. Later, the government announced to start plasma bank at IGH-Rourkela, MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur and Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar.
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Notably, Odisha is the third state after Delhi and Maharashtra to introduce plasma therapy for the treatment of critical COVID-19 patients.
