Kakinada: Sanitation worker donates plasma
Update: 2020-08-08 01:15 IST
Kakinada: District Collector D Muralidhar Reddy has said that plasma therapy would help chronic Covid-19 patients recover quickly.
Along with Joint Collector Keerthi Chekuri , GGH Superintendent Dr M Raghavendra Rao, he launched a plasma collection drive at Government General Hospital here on Friday. For the first time in East Godavari district, a sanitation worker K Appala Raju volunteered to donate his plasma in GGH and designated State Covid-19 hospital.
He was detected positive for Coronavirus back in June and he recovered completely. Collector Muralidhar Reddy praised him and called upon youth in the age group of 20-40 years to come forward to donate their plasma.