Recovered TJ members ready to donate plasma to treat patients

DurgeshNandan.Jha@timesgroup.com

New Delhi  26.04.2020

Of the 142 Tablighi Jamaat members who were quarantined at AIIMS, Jhajjar, 129 have recovered, and many of them have agreed to donate their blood for plasma therapy to treat Covid-19 patients in Delhi.

Dr Sushma Bhatnagar, chairperson of Covid-19 services at the Jhajjar hospital, told TOI, “We requested some of the recovered patients to donate their blood, and they readily agreed. Now, we are working on the logistics for the donation and their stay.” She added that the Tablighi members had also agreed to give their blood sample for future research.

Blood can be retrieved from a person after two weeks of recovery, said Bhatnagar. “Most of the Tablighi members are from outside Delhi, some of them foreigners. They cannot return to their hometowns during the lockdown. We will talk to the authorities on where to shift them and how to coordinate the blood donation,” she added.

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