Edition: International
Saturday 12 July, 2025
BREAKING NEWS

Shallow Earthquake of Magnitude 4.4 Jolts Delhi-NCR

  • News
    • Kochi
    • Trivandrum
    • Kozhikode
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Health
  • Entertainment
    • E24hrs
    • Cinema
    • Directors
    • Actors
  • Education
    • Career
  • Automobile
  • Personalities
    • Political Leaders
  • Religion
    • Christian
      • Catholic
      • Latin Catholic
      • Syro Malabar
    • Hindu
    • Islam
  • Environment
  • More
    • Food
    • Wellness
    • Lifestyle
    • Beauty & Fashion
    • Fitness
    • Mental Health
    • Yoga
    • Video
  • മലയാളം
BREAKING NEWS
100Days: Thirike, Neestream and Gopi Make their Way into the India Book of Records
Aalekh Foundation Announces 3rd Edition of the Aalekh Women Achievers Awards
The Israel Ministry of Tourism Successfully Concludes Largest Civilian Evacuation Operation
Bihar Police Bans Makeup for Women Officers on Duty
Shallow Earthquake of Magnitude 4.4 Jolts Delhi-NCR
AR Classroom of KSUM Startup Infusory at 121 Tribal Schools in Maharashtra
    • News
      • Kochi
      • Trivandrum
      • Kozhikode
    • Sports
    • Business
    • Health
    • Entertainment
      • E24hrs
      • Cinema
      • Directors
      • Actors
    • Education
      • Career
    • Automobile
    • Personalities
      • Political Leaders
    • Religion
      • Christian
        • Catholic
        • Latin Catholic
        • Syro Malabar
      • Hindu
      • Islam
    • Environment
    • More
      • Food
      • Wellness
      • Lifestyle
      • Beauty & Fashion
      • Fitness
      • Mental Health
      • Yoga
      • Video
    • മലയാളം
  • Health
  • COVID-19: Pioneering Plasma Therapy Saves Kerala Patient on Ventilator

    By NE Reporter on June 12, 2020

    KOCHI:
    Kerala crossed a milestone in its globally-acclaimed treatment of COVID-19, as the Government Medical College (GMC) in Thrissur rescued a critically ill patient by employing antibodies of a person cured of the novel coronavirus.

    Called convalescent plasma collection, the therapy benefited a ventilator-supported 51-year-old man suffering from COVID-19. It was the first instance of use of such a life-saving remedy in the state, authorities said today. The therapy banked on the technique of apheresis that is performed outside the body and facilitates the donor’s blood to pass through an apparatus which separates out the plasma. The remainder returns to the donor’s circulation.

    The procedure, which is followed by infusing the required quantity of plasma into the patient’s vein, started on Thursday night and was over in by early Friday morning, according to Dr. M.A. Andrews, principal of the 1982-founded GMC near Mulangunnathukavu, 10 km north of Thrissur city.

    The therapy was carried out by the personnel of the GMC’s departments of medicine, transfusion medicine and anaesthesia. The donor, Davis Antony, volunteered to donate plasma, revealed the GMC principal. “We appreciate the gesture and hope that more such volunteers will approach us in the nation’s fight against COVID-19,” Dr Andrews added.

    The apheresis machine at GMC, Thrissur, was installed in May. “It enables donation of just one component of the blood. The donor can repeat the act after 48 hours,” a senior official with the GMC’s Blood Bank said.

    Iscea

    NE Reporter

    anaesthesiaapheresisBlood BankCoronavirusCOVID-19critically ill patientGovernment Medical CollegeKerala Patientplasmaplasma therapytransfusion medicineventilator

    more recommended stories

    • Naga Sadhu’s Recognized in France for Health Initiative Conducted at Maha Kumbh 2025

      MUMBAI:The revered Naga Sadhus have brought.

    • Fatty Liver No Longer Just a Lifestyle Disease: Experts Raise Alarm

      KOCHI:In a joint initiative by Amrita.

    • Complex Hernia Case Treated Successfully with Minimally Invasive Surgery

      KOCHI:A 52-year-old male patient, who had.

    • DKMS Foundation India Honours Stem Cell Donors

      KOCHI:Ahead of World Blood Cancer Day,.

    • Dangerously Low Oxygen Levels Normalized Through Complex Surgery

      THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:A complex surgery was successfully performed.

    • KSUM-backed Startup VitalView AI Flagged Chances of Nipah Incidence in Kerala

      KOCHI:Public health intelligence startup VitalView AI,.

    • Asthma Remains Underdiagnosed in 7 out of 10 Severe Cases

      KOZHIKODE:Marked by the GINA (the Global.

    • Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award Unveils Top 10 Finalists for 2025

      KOCHI:The Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award.

    • GenomeIndia Offers Long-term Benefit of Creating Healthy Posterity: Scientist

      THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Country’s pioneering scientific project GenomeIndia will.

    • Researchers at RGCB Discover New Methods to Overcome Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics

      THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Researchers at the BRIC-Rajiv Gandhi.

    Live Updates

    • Aalekh Foundation Announces 3rd Edition of the Aalekh Women Achievers Awards
    • The Israel Ministry of Tourism Successfully Concludes Largest Civilian Evacuation Operation
    • Bihar Police Bans Makeup for Women Officers on Duty
    • Shallow Earthquake of Magnitude 4.4 Jolts Delhi-NCR
    • AR Classroom of KSUM Startup Infusory at 121 Tribal Schools in Maharashtra

    NewsExperts.in

    • മലയാളം
    • മലയാളം

    What’s New ?

    • Aalekh Foundation Announces 3rd Edition of the Aalekh Women Achievers Awards
    • The Israel Ministry of Tourism Successfully Concludes Largest Civilian Evacuation Operation
    • Bihar Police Bans Makeup for Women Officers on Duty
    • Shallow Earthquake of Magnitude 4.4 Jolts Delhi-NCR
    • AR Classroom of KSUM Startup Infusory at 121 Tribal Schools in Maharashtra

    Newsexperts.in - powered by Klickevents Infosolutions (P) LTD