A 58-year-old doctor, the first COVID-19 patient in Uttar Pradesh to undergo plasma therapy, is stable and continues to be on ventilator support 13 days after the experimental treatment began, doctors said on Friday.
The patient from Orai in Uttar Pradesh was admitted to the King George Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow on April 26.
"After 13 days, the condition of the patient is stable and he is still on ventilator. We can't say when he will be discharged," KGMU Vice Chancellor M L B Bhatt said.
Dr Tulika Chandra of Blood Transfusion department, KGMU said, "When the patient was given plasma therapy his condition was very bad. Now his lungs have improved. But as he is old and has diabetes, he has been kept on ventilator. A team of doctors are keeping an eye on him."