CPT and Plasma Bank in New Delhi
- A plasma bank to treat novel coronavirus has started functioning in New Delhi, and recovered Covid-19 patients can donate their plasma 14 days after recovery.
- The government has set up the plasma bank at the state-run Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS). Later, it was announced that another plasma bank will be opened in GTB Nagar, New Delhi
Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT)
- Plasma therapy involves taking antibodies from the blood of a person who has recovered from COVID-19 and transfusing those into a coronavirus infected patient to help kickstart the immune system to fight the infection.
- It helps in bringing respiratory ....
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