First in state, plasma therapy used to treat critical Covid patient at Lilavati | Cities News,The Indian Express

First in state, plasma therapy used to treat critical Covid patient at Lilavati | Cities News,The Indian Express

First in state, plasma therapy used to treat critical Covid patient at Lilavati

Written by Tabassum Barnagarwala | Mumbai | Updated: April 27, 2020 at 2:46 am

Plasma therapy is still being conducted on an experimental basis across the world. Also called convalescent plasma therapy, the process aims at using antibodies from the blood of a recovered COVID-19 patient to treat those critically affected by the virus.