Gurugram to start plasma therapy

Gurugram, July 10

Gurugram is all set to start plasma therapy and open a plasma bank. Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Virender Yadav said the state government would release the rates of plasma treatment and antigen testing by next week, following which private hospitals could start the treatment.

“With Covid transmission stablised, the focus is on reducing the casualties. To achieve that, plasma treatment will be launched soon. We plan to start it by next week,” Dr Yadav said.

A special team from Rohtak led by Dr Dhruv Chaudhary, nodal officer for Covid, started training city doctors and technicians on Friday. Representatives of more than 15 private hospitals participated in the training programme. — TNS

Hisar MP shifted to delhi hospital

Hisar: Five days after testing positive, Hisar MP Brijendra Singh has been shifted to a hospital in Delhi after suffering from continuous fever. A spokesperson tweeted that the MP had been suffering from fever for nine days. He was under constant observation of a medical team and had no other symptom except fever. TNS