First Covid-19 patient to receive plasma therapy in UP dies of heart attack

The doctor, who was on ventilator since the last 14 days, died on Saturday evening following a heart attack, KGMU Vice Chancellor M L B Bhatt said

The first patient to receive plasma therapy as an experimental treatment for coronavirus infection in Uttar Pradesh died following a heart attack on Saturday.

The patient, a 58-year-old doctor, was admitted at the King George's Medical University (KGMU) here.

The doctor, who was on ventilator since the last 14 days, died on Saturday evening following heart attack, KGMU Vice Chancellor M L B Bhatt said.

"Since he had high blood pressure and diabetes, he was under the continuous observation of doctors in the isolation ward," Bhatt said.

The patient was in a stable condition. His lungs had improved, but he