What is plasma when there is a severe shortage of life-saving plasma for covid patients during the current epidemic? How does COVID protect patients as an antibody? Who can and cannot donate plasma? Awareness on how plasma is separated from blood and the rest of the blood is returned to the donor and how much time, how often a donor can donate plasma is available to all and eligible persons voluntarily come forward to donate plasma Ahmedabad The webinar was organized by members of the city’s NGO V-Help Foundation.
Members of Thappo Group and Sharanam Group, an affiliated organization, also enthusiastically participated in the webinar. The speaker from the Webinar, Dr. Dilipbhai Shah (Green Cross Blood Bank) and Dr.Rippleben Shah (Medical director of Prathma Blood Center, Ahmedabad ) gave a deep insight into plasma. At the webinar, Dr. Rippleben Shah also expressed concern about the limited stock in the blood bank for thalassemia patients and urged young people to come forward to donate blood before vaccination. Dr. Kishore Maheshwari, Medical Manager, Medical First Blood Center, Ahmedabad was also present and gave an insight into plasma.
