Gonoshasthaya Kendra aims to set up plasma bank for COVID-19 treatment
Dhaka, May 29 -- "We are working on it," Gonoshasthaya founder and Trustee Zafrullah Chowdhury told bdnews24.com on Friday while seeking cooperation from all corners.
Zafrullah himself took convalescent plasma therapy at home on Tuesday and Thursday for COVID-19 after testing positive for the novel coronavirus.
In convalescent plasma therapy, blood plasma from the recovered patients is transfused into current patients with the hope the freshly-made antibodies it contains will help fight the virus.
Bangladesh has recently begun trialling the therapy.
Zafrullah said Prof Mohiuddin Ahmed Khan of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital and Dr Hamid of Dhaka Shishu Hospital were on board with Gonoshasthaya Kendra in the plasma bank project, whi...
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