COVID Significant reduction in death numbers since start of plasma therapy says CM Kejriwal

Talking about plasma therapy in coronavirus cases, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal informed that number of deaths has reduced to less than half since the start of plasma therapy. “We have permission to conduct plasma therapy at LNJP and Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality hospitals. Since the start of plasma therapy at LNJP hospital, the number of deaths has reduced to less than half as compared to earlier,” said Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. “It may be difficult to save very serious patients using plasma therapy, but it can help moderate patients by not letting their condition worsen. This is what we have found till now,” he added. Further speaking about the oxygen level in patients, he said, “A major issue with Corona is that oxygen level of patient drops sudddenly. Oxygen level should be 95. If it drops below 90 then consider it dangerous, if it drops below 85 then consider it very serious. You will face difficulty in breathing if it drops to 90 or 85. There are some patients whose oxygen level became very low but they showed no symptoms, it dropped suddenly and they died suddenly. So we have provided oxymeter to asymptomatic patients or those with mild symptoms who are under home isolation.”