Karnataka announces incentives of Rs 5,000 for plasma donors
Team Udayavani, Jul 15, 2020, 8:58 PM IST
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Wednesday announced that an incentive of Rs 5,000 would be given to people who have recovered from the coronavirus infection and are willing to donate plasma to help cure other COVID-19 patients.
Highlighting that 17,390 people have recovered in the state out of which 4,992 are in Bengaluru, medical education minister K Sudhakar appealed to the recovered patients to donate plasma and save lives.
“Please don”t take it otherwise.. we have decided to give an incentive of Rs 5,000 to the donor. Please come forward voluntarily and help the patients recover by way of donating plasma,” Sudhakar said during the daily briefing on the COVID-19 situation.
To a question on plasma therapy tried in Karnataka, Sudhakar said five patients were subjected to the therapy of which three recovered while it did not work on two patients who were already on their death bed.
“We have a proven information that for COVID patients, plasma transfusion definitely works to a greater extent.
That”s why the government has issued the order of giving an incentive of Rs 5,000,” Sudhakar told reporters.
Cautioning private hospitals not to fudge the records and give contradictory statements with their press briefings, the minister said private establishments and the government should come together and contain the pandemic. He warned private hospital owners that government would take over their hospitals if they put out wrong data about availability of beds to treat coronavirus patients.
The warning came a day after the government said that criminal proceedings would be initiated against two reputed private hospitals for not cooperating with the government in COVID care.
The government shut down the out-patient department of the two hospitals for two days as a warning to them.
On the strike by doctors at the Jagadguru Jayadeva Murugarajendra Medical College for alleged non-payment of their stipend for many months, Sudhakar said the government has taken a serious note of it and it will be released to the students in three to four days with arrears
Udayavani is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel and stay updated with the latest news.
Top News
Related Articles More
Tejasvi Surya hits out at Kharge, CMs of Cong-ruled states over poll promises
Kumaraswamy sheds tears during elections but vanishes when people are in tears: Shivakumar
CM Siddaramaiah promises efforts to include Kannada label on products made in Karnataka
“Chinnara Banna-2024” held successfully in Bantwal
Kharge getting personal on PM’s political observations on Karnataka surprising: BJP MP
MUST WATCH
Latest Additions
Jayant Patil claims BJP used irrigation ‘scam’ to blackmail Ajit Pawar; Fadnavis, NCP chief hit back
Medical College expels 5 MBBS students from hostel for ragging juniors
Insulting women is in DNA of Cong leaders, alleges Jharkhand BJP
Man arrested from Delhi for calling up Pappu Yadav posing as aide of Lawrence Bishnoi
Tejasvi Surya hits out at Kharge, CMs of Cong-ruled states over poll promises
Thanks for visiting Udayavani
You seem to have an Ad Blocker on.
To continue reading, please turn it off or whitelist Udayavani.