Khedawala discharged, to donate plasma

Ahmedabad: Imran Khedawala, the Congress MLA from Khadia-Jamalpur who was admitted to hospital on April 14 after he tested positive for Covid-19, was discharged on Monday. He has decided

to donate plasma

to treat other Covid patients.

Municipal commissioner Vijay Nehra said this gesture of Khedawala would motivate many other patients. A plasma therapy trial is under way, with the study titled ‘Phase-II open label randomised control trial to access the safety and efficacy of convalescent plasma to limit Covid-19 associated complications in moderate disease’.

Khedawala said, “As soon as I was told about the discharge I decided that this Ramzan, after my recovery I should help others patients who may need the plasma.”

Khedawala said it was unfortunate that his fellow Congressman Badruddin Shaikh died on the very day he was discharged. Khedawala said, “I have also asking my people to come out. There are people who are sick and have fever for five to six days and are not getting admitted as they are afraid. Through video calls, I callen on the people of Jamalpur, Behrampura, Danilimda, Kalupur and other areas to come forward and get themselves treated if they have fever and cough,” said Khedawala

He said that he had never been admitted to hospital before but was satisfied with the treatment at SVP.


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