Faridkot hospital has conducted state’s maiden convalescent plasma therapy.
In a significant development to fight Covid-19, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, has conducted the state’s maiden convalescent plasma therapy as part of novel treatment modality.
Punjab Medical Education and Research Minister OP Soni said the therapy was given to a critically ill Covid-19 patient by a team of doctors at the hospital in Faridkot district.
The hospital has become one of the pioneer institutes in the country to initiate this therapy as a part of the National Clinical Trial under the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research).