Home » plasma therapy

You Searched For "plasma therapy"

Representative Image. (PTI Photo)

Pune hospital gets ICMR nod for plasma therapy on critical Covid19...

The ICMR has already clarified that the therapy is not a "therapeutic drug of choice"

3 May 2020 4:27 PM IST

Health workers wearing protective suits are seen in the premises of LNJP Hospital during the nationwide lockdown, in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi. (PTI photo)

Dehi won't stop clinical trials of plasma therapy as initial results...

The announcement came days after the centre said that plasma therapy for treatment of coronavirus patients is at an...

1 May 2020 3:13 PM IST

Closer home, while we await a cure or vaccine for COVID-19, social media is flooded with plasma donation pledges. PTI Photo

Does plasma therapy really help COVID-19 patients?

Experts weigh in whether convalescent plasma therapy is as dependable in fighting COVID-19 as celeb tweets claim

20 July 2020 6:17 PM IST

Maharashtra government issued an alert asking people to undergo plasma therapy treatment only in government recognised hospitals. (AFP Photo)

Maharashtra asks people to undergo plasma therapy only in government...

The state government has been receiving several complaints of plasma sale and gangs that run fake fitness certificate...

16 July 2020 2:14 PM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (PTI Photo)

Delhi sets up plasma bank to treat COVID-19 patients; Kejriwal urges...

The government has set up the plasma bank at the state-run Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS).

2 July 2020 4:45 PM IST

There has been an unprecedented spur in the demand for plasma. (Photo: PTI)

Top medical experts welcome move to remove plasma therapy from...

Earlier, as per the ICMR advisory on April 22, Convalescent plasma (Off label) was considered only when certain criteria...

18 May 2021 12:54 PM IST

Doctors interact with people in a slum locality in Mumbai on April 6, 2020. As the coronavirus pandemic seems poised for a surge in India, medical authorities said they have decided to test everyone with flu-like symptoms in all hot spots of the outbreak. (AP)

ICMR's new strategy: In Covid-19 hotspots, test everyone with a runny...

Trials coming up: Critically ill corona patients to be given antigen-rich plasma from recovered cases

10 April 2020 12:04 AM IST

Representative Image. (AP Photo)

Plasma therapy to treat Covid19 positive patients starts in Lucknow...

Three coronavirus patients who have now recovered have so far donated their plasma for the treatment of others

27 April 2020 4:07 PM IST

Mahim Dharavi Medical Practitioners Association conducts a thermal screening of residents of a housing society during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, at Dharavi in Mumbai. PTI Photo

Karnataka begins trials of plasma therapy for Covid-19 patients

ICMR has given permission for a line of treatment that holds out some hope

25 April 2020 5:00 PM IST