Kiran Mazumdar Shaw moots COVID-19 blood bank in Telangana
06-April-2020
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Executive Chairperson of Biocon Limited, has suggested to the Telangana government to set up COVID-19 blood bank.
She mooted the idea of a blood bank with antibody-rich plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19.
Telangana's senior cabinet minister K.T. Rama Rao thanked her for the proposal and requested the Health Secretary and Commissioner to explore it further.
"Yesterday good friend Kiran Shaw called me & suggested that we set up a 'COVID blood bank' in Telangana; with antibody-rich plasma from patients who had recovered from COVID," tweeted KTR.
Telangana has so far reported 334 COVID-19 positive cases. According to health officials, 33 of them have recovered and been discharged from hospitals.
The state has so far reported 11 deaths due to COVID-19. IANS
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