Dubai-returned man becomes Amritsar’s first plasma donor

AMRITSAR: A 27-year-old man, who was found positive for the coronavirus after his arrival in Amritsar from Dubai, on Wednesday became the district’s first patient to donate his plasma after having recovered from the disease.

The plasma of Gurvinder Pal Singh, a resident of the Chheharta area in the city, was successfully used on two Covid-19 patients at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Amritsar.

He was tested positive for Covid-19 on May 20 and underwent treatment at the isolation ward of GMCH for 15 days.

“We are thankful to Gurvinder for donating his plasma. His blood groupis ‘A’ negative and his plasma could be used for treating patients of the same blood group. None of the critically ill patients admitted in GMCH has the matching blood group,” said GMC Amritsar principal Dr Sujata Sharma.

“We sent his plasma to Ludhiana and took plasma of ‘B’ positive blood group in return. Using the ‘B’ positive blood group, the plasma therapy has been successfully given to two Covid-19 positive patients here,” she added.