Mumbai: A 53-year-old male affected person, the primary to endure plasma remedy in Maharashtra, handed away on April 29, stated Dr Ravishankar, CEO Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai.Maharashtra Well being Minister Rajesh Tope had on Tuesday stated that plasma remedy is getting used within the state on an experimental foundation after getting approval from Indian Council of Medical Analysis (ICMR).
“I’ve not heard what precisely ICMR has advised at the moment on plasma remedy. However I do know that we’re doing it on an experimental foundation after ICMR allowed us to take action. I need to let you know that we have now seen good outcomes on two sufferers,” Tope had stated.
The ICMR had on Tuesday stated that at present there are not any accepted, definitive therapies for COVID-19. Convalescent plasma is certainly one of a number of rising therapies. Nonetheless, there is no such thing as a sturdy proof to assist it for routine remedy, the analysis physique had stated.
Cautioning concerning the dangers of utilizing plasma remedy, ICMR had famous that convalescent plasma remedy comes with its personal share of technical challenges, like antibody titer testing. There are additionally a number of dangers of utilizing this remedy together with life-threatening allergic reactions and lung harm.
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