Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to launch plasma therapy in the state soon for treatment of COVID-19 patients.
The decision was taken at a high-level review meeting presided over by Health and Family Welfare minister Naba Kishore Das here on Thursday.
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Das informed that plasma therapy will be started in the SCB Medical College and Hospital and Ashwini Hospital in Cuttack and SUM Hospital and KIIMS Hospital in Bhubaneswar.
A technical committee will be formed to determine the mode of plasma treatment, the minister added.
A decision was also taken to set up a plasma bank in the state.
