Chennai: Amid the rising Covid-18 cases in the State, India’s second national-level plasma bank was opened in Tamilnadu at a cost of Rs 2.34 crore.
According to Dr C Vijaybhaskar, Health Minister, “We were earlier conducting the plasma method on a trial basis. Four people in Madurai successfully underwent the process in the early stages and a few more banks will be set up in nearby districts.”
He added: “We now have the approval of the Indian Council of Medical Research and have opened the second plasma bank at the national level with a total budget of Rs 2.34 crore.”
Health Secretary Dr Radhakrishnan said, “Our cure rate has been very good. At least seven out of ten people recover in about two weeks.’ He added: ‘We still have one of the lowest mortality rates in the country.”
The State has been seeing a significant increase in the number of recoveries. The total number of recoveries in a single day stood at 5210, and the cumulative figure of those cured is 1,36,793, according to a Health department bulletin.