World's largest Plasma Therapy trial centre launched in Maharashtra

In a major initiative to counter the Covid19 pandemic Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday inaugurated Project PLATINA Indias first and the worlds largest Plasma Therapy Trial Centre in NagpurThis trial centre will help formulate definite treatment guidelines for the entire country in managing critical Covid19 patients and will be a milestone during the pandemic said Thackeray at the videoconferencing launchHe has sanctioned Rs 1665 crore for Project Platina and clinical trials from the CMs Relief Fund and the project has been completed in barely three weeksWith this project the government hopes to save around 500 seriously ill Covid19 patients in the state free of cost amidst recent apprehensions of prohibitively high costs for this form of treatment expressed in some circlesLaunching Project Platina Worlds largest convalescent plasma therapy trial to treat COVID patients CM Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray called donors of plasma lsquolifesaversrsquo pictwittercomWYBggALFMqmdash CMO Maharashtra CMOMaharashtra June 29 2020Convalscent Plasma Therapy is now coming up as one of the most important methods in the treatment of severe Covid19 patients in the absence of definite treatment drugs for the same with a success rate of over 90 per cent Thackeray saidThe trials will be carried out in 23 medical colleges in the state including 17 under the state governments Department of Medical Education amp Drugs and four colleges of BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation BMC in MumbaiCM Uddhav Thackeray ji just launched Project Platina the worldrsquos largest convalescent plasma therapy trial Maharashtra has been working on plasma therapy since the beginning of the covid fight but now it will be a formal trial treatment project across Maharashtra 1nmdash Aaditya Thackeray AUThackeray June 29 2020Each critical patient would receive 2 doses of 200 ml of convalescent plasma from recovered patients which contains antibodies against coronavirus that will fight the infection and help the serious patients recoverAppealing to people who have recovered from Covid19 to donate in large numbers Thackeray assured that the donors have no health problems after plasma donations as the red blood cells are returned back to themThe PLATINA trial will be Worldrsquos largest trial and hence will give robust data regarding role of convalescent plasma in treatment of COVID 19 patients thereby helping Governments to issue guidelines in the management of the pandemicmdash CMO Maharashtra CMOMaharashtra June 29 2020Also present at the videoinauguration were Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat Health Minister Rajesh Tope Medical Education Minister Amit V Deshmukh and Minister of State Rajendra Patil Yedravkar Water Resources Minister Jayant Patil Energy Minister Nitin Raut Industry Minister Subhash Desai Mumbai Guardian Minister Aslam Shaikh and top officials from different departmentsFour other facilities were inaugurated simultaneously Plasma Donation Plasma Bank Plasma Trial and Emergency Authorisation centresThe development came on a day when the state extended the ongoing lockdown till July 31 in view of the serious Covid19 crisisMaharashtra currently has 164626 lakh Covid19 positives with 7429 fatalities the highest in the countryCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever