Plasma collection activities from the survivors of coronavirus infection are starting today, Saturday (May 16). The Blood Transfusion Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital will collect plasma from the three corona survivor doctors. Initially, the hospital will provide plasma therapy to 45 critically ill corona patients.
Work on a scientific study (clinical trial) on the application of plasma therapy could be completed by next June.
Dhaka Medical College Hospital authorities say plasma therapy has been started using in many countries around the world, including the United States, to cure critically ill patients with corona. Similarly, a preliminary research (clinical trial) project has been undertaken to apply plasma therapy for the treatment of critically ill patients with corona in Bangladesh.
MA Khan, head of the expert committee on plasma therapy in Bangladesh and professor in the hematology department at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said ‘Like other countries in the world, Bangladesh has decided to conduct experimental scientific research on plasma therapy to cure corona patients. It is officially starting from today, Saturday. Plasma will be collected from three physicians who have recovered from COVID-19. The clinical trial of plasma therapy may be completed in June.”
The three doctors who agreed to donate plasma were Dildar Hossain Badal, a doctor at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in Dhaka, Doctor Piyas of Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital and Atiyar Rahman of Kuwait Friendship Hospital.
