First Covid-19 patient cured through Plasma therapy discharged from KIMS

The first patient to be successfully cured of COVID-19 infection through Plasma therapy discharged from Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) in Hubballi yesterday. 

 

Minister for Large and Medium Industries Jagdish Shettar along with KIMS Director Ramalingappa Antarani  wished the 65-year-old truck driver with a bouquet before he returned home in an ambulance.

 

The truck driver, who had returned from



Maharashtra, was admitted to Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) with symptoms of cough, respiratory problems and fever on May 27. He was administered plasma therapy on May 28 and 29 after a 63-year old graveyard guard,  who was cured of the infection agreed to donate blood for extraction of plasma. Subsequently the patient had shown signs of recovery. A team led by Dr. Ramalingappa carried out the therapy.