Call for youth to donate blood before vaccination
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There is restriction in donating blood for 28 days after vaccination.
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There is restriction in donating blood for 28 days after vaccination.
With blood banks likely to face shortage of donors for about three months as those aged 18 and above will undergo vaccination for COVID-19 from May 1, there has been a call from the blood banks from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi to prospective donors to donate blood and then go for vaccination.
In a release, Avinash Shetty, Medical Superintendent of Kasturba Hospital Manipal, said as per the guidelines there is restriction in donating blood for 28 days after vaccination.
Doctors doubtful about efficacy of Plasma therapy
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Treatment being administered now on a lower scale; donors difficult to find in some cases
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Treatment being administered now on a lower scale; donors difficult to find in some cases Hospitals treating critically ill COVID-19 patients in the district continue to administer convalescent plasma therapy (CPT), albeit on a scale lower than its use in the early phase of the COVID-19 trajectory in the State. Donors are difficult to find in some cases, and efficacy is uncertain, doctors said.
Dr. A. Fathahudeen, pulmonologist and nodal officer for COVID-19 care at the Government Medical College Hospital, Kalamassery, says, “It is difficult to know if administering plasma therapy works, since different medications are given simultaneously. Reports from all over the world and the ICMR study say that it is not as effective as initially expected. It used to be administered to all patients with significa