Nod to plasma therapy Ph-III

Nod to plasma therapy Ph-III

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: 07.06.2020

The capital has received the Centre’s approval for starting the third phase of plasma therapy trials, under which 200 patients would undergo the procedure. In the second phase, 20 patients underwent the trials and recovered.

“The phase two trial of plasma therapy has been completed and its findings have been submitted to the Centre. The results have been quite encouraging. We have got the permission to start phase three trial, which will begin sometime next week. Earlier we saved lives of 20 people, and now I hope that we manage to save the lives of 200 patients,” chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said during an interview to a private news channel.

The first novel coronavirus positive patient who was given plasma therapy in a Delhi government hospital was timely discharged after recovering completely. He had been admitted to ICU when the therapy was administered on him, with the results turning out quite positively for the patient.

The Aam Aadmi Party government had endorsed the use of plasma therapy but later a few statements on behalf of the Union government caused people to believe that plasma therapy would be halted in the capital. The central government said that only states, which have been permitted by the Centre, should conduct the plasma therapy trials. The results of the plasma therapy are, at the moment, based on trials.

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PATIENTS WILL UNDERGO PLASMA THERAPY IN THE THIRD PHASE OF TRIALS