This story is from August 2, 2020

First Covid patient to get plasma treatment in state dies

First Covid patient to get plasma treatment in state dies
Ranchi: The first person in Jharkhand to receive the plasma of a recovered Covid-19 patient died at a private hospital on Saturday afternoon. The 65-year-old man from Daltonganj was admitted to Bhagwan Mahavir Medica Superspecialty Hospital in a critical condition with high fever and respiratory distress on July 22 and was put on ventilator immediately. The patient tested positive for the new virus and was diagnosed with severe Covid-19 pneumonia.
Dr Vijay Mishra, who led the team of doctors attending to him, said his condition had improved slightly after initial treatment, but they decided to administer plasma therapy on him on Tuesday as he was still critical.
However, he succumbed to infection late on Friday night after 11 days of treatment. Mishra said: “We tried our best with all available medications and then used plasma therapy to save his life, but he died due to the severe Covid pneumonia.”
On being asked about the results of plasma therapy, Mishra said: “This line of treatment is still under trial and the probability of success depends on the titer level of antibodies present in the plasma. We need to isolate and recognize potent plasma with good antibody titer from recovered patients to ensure that it helps the patient fight the virus.”
The first plasma bank in the state was inaugurated by chief minister Hemant Soren on July 28 at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) blood bank. The Daltonganj patient was given this the therapy the same day.
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