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“The PCR requirement for me is absolutely inappropriate for the current situation. The PCR does not prove that we currently carry antibodies, but the virus does. There are young people in Bulgaria who have been lightly infected with covid since the summer and are carriers of antibodies. To be eligible for a donor, you must be healthy and have antibodies. Currently people are returning because they have a positive antibody test, but it is also a positive PCR. Well, there is no way they did, they found the virus 5 years ago -6 months. This should be removed ASAP, today. I personally have sent at least 10 letters to the ministry and to them. The answer is: “We will remove it at any time.” And I know a man who was returned because he did not have a PCR positive “.
This was stated to NOVA by the president of the Bulgarian Medical Union, Dr. Ivan Madjarov.
“And something else. It is widely stated that when someone is going to donate plasma, they have no right to say who they are donating it to. This is definitely discouraging for many people. You can tell, but I know at least 5 people who are He has said: “You have no right to say to whom you are donating. It cannot be like that. You have to be able to say to whom you are donating.”
Due to these and other problems, although there are queues of people willing to donate, blood plasma with antibodies against covid-19 is not enough.
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The donation can only be made in two places in Bulgaria, both in Sofia: at the Military Medical Academy and at the National Blood Center.
“I don’t think there is a gap in the established organization. Yesterday 50 people came, those who did not meet the blood plasma donor requirements were returned. It is about 15-16 people. A total of 21 people have donated to the 7 pm, no one has been returned, ”commented the director of the Blood Center, Dr. Nikolay Nikolov.
He believes that the opening of more blood donation centers in the country will be hampered by the lack of trained personnel.
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“Our question is why there are only two blood plasma donation devices in the country. In Germany, for example, in a region of 3 million people, there are 100 devices. These devices are not expensive, but the decision was made months ago that they were only 2. The new device costs BGN 50,000, and an old one, which can also be used, costs BGN 10-15,000, ”said Dr. Pavlina. Mihaylova. of the Association for the Treatment of Coronavirus with Blood Plasma. Together with the Bulgarian Medical Union, the Association took the initiative to promote this type of treatment.
Cured of COVID-19 became plasma donors
According to Dr. Mihailova, the staff can be easily trained, so the Association appeals in an open letter to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health to open a plasma donation point in each regional center.
