Irrational, non-scientific, no benefits offered: Plasma therapy removed from COVID treatment guidelines Farhat Nasim18 May 2021 10:15 AM ISTThe decision to remove it from the guidelines comes in the backdrop of some clinicians and scientists writing to Principal Scientific Advisor K...
Doctors question irrational, unscientific use of convalescent plasma for COVID, write to Govt, ICMR MD Bureau11 May 2021 3:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Expressing concerns about the "irrational and non-scientific" use of convalescent plasma for treatment of Covid-19 patients in the...
GMC General physician Dr Thrilok Chander gets ICMR appreciation for role in PLACID Research MD Bureau5 Jan 2021 9:30 AM ISTHyderabad: Lauding the General Practitioner of Gandhi Medical College (GMC), Dr Thrilok Chander, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has...
Plasma therapy may be useful for COVID-19 treatment if positioned properly: AIIMS director Medical Dialogues Bureau27 Oct 2020 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi - Even as the Indian Council of Medical Research announced that plasma therapy may soon be discontinued from the Covid-19 national treatment...
ICMR should not remove plasma therapy from COVID treatment protocol: Delhi Health Minister Medical Dialogues Bureau23 Oct 2020 9:30 AM IST"Plasma therapy has proved beneficial to more than 2000 people who have availed donations through the Delhi Governments plasma bank. I, myself am a...
COVID-19 in Maha: Private blood banks find price cap unfeasible, availability of plasma takes hit MD Bureau14 Oct 2020 10:00 AM ISTMaharashtra: Within a month of the state government's capping the price for covid-19 treatment, scarcity in the available convalescent plasma used for...
KMC hospital seeks DCGI permission to begin plasma therapy Medical Dialogues Bureau23 Aug 2020 9:30 AM ISTMangaluru - KMC Hospital in Manipal has sought the permission from Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to start plasma therapy for the treatment...
Plasma therapy trial did not show benefit in decreasing Coronavirus mortality risk: AIIMS Medical Dialogues Bureau16 Aug 2020 3:45 PM ISTNew Delhi - The trial conducted by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for convalescent plasma therapy on COVID-19 patients did not show...
Large study in COVID-19 patients suggests convalescent plasma therapy effective Hina Zahid14 Aug 2020 10:23 AM ISTHOUSTON - A preliminary analysis of an ongoing study of more than 300 COVID-19 patients treated with convalescent plasma therapy at Houston Methodist...
Odisha CM inaugurates two more plasma banks for COVID fight Medical Dialogues Bureau8 Aug 2020 9:45 AM ISTBhubaneswar - Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday inaugurated two more plasma banks, taking the number of such facilities in the state...
India's 2nd Plasma Bank inaugurated at Rajindra Hospital in Patiala Medical Dialogues Bureau22 July 2020 9:15 AM ISTChandigarh - Continuing Punjab Government's campaign Mission Fateh to combat Covid-19, Medical Education and Research Minister O P Soni on...
Assam to launch mega drive for plasma donation to treat COVID 19 patients MD Bureau17 July 2020 9:00 AM IST"One people by donating their plasma can save the lives of at least two people," the Minister told the media.
