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New Delhi: A 49-year-old male coronavirus COVID-19 patient who underwent surgery through plasma therapy at a Max hospital in the national capital has shown positive results and was recently disconnected from the ventilator support.
The Delhi patient who had tested positive for coronavirus on April 4, entered the COVID-19 center at Max Hospital in Saket with moderate symptoms and a history of fever and respiratory problems.
They put him on fan support on April 8 after his condition worsened.
When the patient showed no improvement in his condition, his family requested the hospital to treat him with plasma, the first of its kind in India that was used to treat COVID-19.
The family went ahead to organize a donor to extract plasma. The donor was also COVID-19 positive, but had recovered well from the virus three weeks ago.
The patient was administered with fresh plasma on April 14. After receiving the treatment, the patient showed progressive improvement and on the fourth day, he was disconnected from the ventilator support on the morning of April 18 and continued with supplemental oxygen.
The patient is now doing well and his two consecutive coronavirus tests have been negative.
Previously, the same family had lost their father, Jasbeer Chaddha, who succumbed to COVID-19 infection while the family’s mother and daughter were discharged.
The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the national capital increased to 2,081 after 78 new cases were reported on Monday. Delhi’s death count is 47.
India’s total number of positive coronavirus cases on Monday also rose to 17,656 with 559 people succumbing to the fatal virus.
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