The covid-19 treatment guidelines considered plasma therapy to be one of the effective lines of treatment when a person was in a severe condition of Covid-19. So we started our research on plasma therapy and thought to bring it to Vizag as soon as possible as there were many deaths with every passing day. We also thought to bring plasma therapy to everyone in need without differences like rich or poor. We were inspired by the Delhi model of operations for creating a plasma bank. Whoever wanted to donate plasma could donate voluntarily, just like blood donations, for every request raised, a quick disbursement of plasma unit for the recipient was done.
Our main motives were :
To identify a blood bank and convert it as a plasma bank to respond quickly to every request raised.
To curtail the rising black market.
Never connect donor or recipient.
To motivate people on voluntarily plasma donations.
Total 500+ calls received, 112+ requests fulfilled, 73+ patients alive.