App developed to track plasma donors
Delhi Police special cell SI dies of coronavirus
A 49-year-old Delhi Police Inspector posted with the special cell died due to Covid-19 at South Delhi’s Max Hospital, the police said on Wednesday.
Inspector Sanjeev Kumar Yadav was on ventilator support since his condition was critical. He died on Tuesday night, they said.
He had complained of fever and breathlessness, following which he was tested for Covid-19. His result came positive after which he was admitted to Max hospital around 15 days back, they said.
He also underwent plasma therapy and was out on ventilator since he was in a critical state, a senior police officer said.
Yadav was posted with the south western range of the special cell and received the police medal for gallantry this year. He was earlier also posted with the crime branch of the Delhi Police, police said.
Taking to twitter, the special cell said it stands in solidarity with Yadav’s family and friends.
“Special Cell stands in solidarity with the family and friends of our brave colleague Inspector Sanjeev Yadav, PMG, who has entered another world leaving behind a rich legacy,” the Special Cell tweeted.
Resident doctors of AIIMS with the help of IIT-Delhi students have developed a mobile application to track real-time Covid-19 patients in the hospital, who can become potential plasma donors 28 days after recovery along with those who have been discharged. The app was launched at the premier hospital on the occasion of Doctors’ Day.
The app named COPAL19 has details of patients who have already been discharged from AIIMS, those currently undergoing treatment and their blood groups so that patients who require plasma therapy can get it in time without any hassle.
AIIMS RDA President, Dr Adarsh Pratap Singh : “Amidst shortage of donors for plasma therapy, team of AIIMS Resident Doctors along with IITDelhi team developed an app to correct the mismatch between Covid-19 discharged patients and patients requiring plasma donation. It was a great initiative by Dr Abhinav Singh Verma and IIT Delhi students.”
Dr Verma, a resident doctor of the neurosurgery department at AIIMS, the main person behind the COPAL-19 app, said it is a simple user interface application with automated donor matching. Though it has been launched for AIIMS patients primarily for now, the app will be available on open platforms. It will be an open source code app which people from other institutions can copy and use in their hospitals, Dr Verma said.
“This app will act as a bridge between patients seeking plasma therapy and are moderately and severely symptomatic and donors who have recovered from Covid-19 and have completed 28 days post recovery,” he explained.
The app will also automatically track donors who will be eligible to donate plasma after a cycle of 14 days. He also referred to the case of his senior who got infected with the virus and recalled the difficulties they had to face arranging plasma for him. “Finding plasma for him turned out to be a herculean task. We randomly contacted our friends and put it up on social media, but even then arranging a plasma donor took more than 12 hours. “We were already working on developing such an app but it was after this incident that we really pushed for it and finally launched it today,” he said.
◗ THE APP named COPAL-19 has details of patients who have already been discharged from AIIMS, those currently undergoing treatment and their blood groups so that patients who require plasma therapy can get it in time without any hassle