A woman who recovered from Corona donated plasma to a 29-year-old - more donations are requeasted

A woman who has recovered from the corona virus has donated plasma, the blood component in which the antibodies to the corona virus are found, to save the life of a 29-year-old corona patient who is in serious condition.
MDA calls Corona patients who have recovered from donating plasma through a simple procedure after at least 14 days of complete recovery.
A call for a plasma donation was received yesterday at Magen David Adom's blood services. Found a donor - a resident of Jerusalem who recovered from the virus. MDA then began a Bezeq operation to bring an ambulance to the blood services center, where a special team awaited the donation and transferred the plasma packets to the laboratories for the necessary tests.
After the doses were prepared for transfusion, with the approval of a health ministry committee, they were transferred to Assuta Hospital and will be given to the 29-year-old patient again tonight.
MDA blood services vice president Eilat Shinar: "About a week ago, we started a plasma dose collection from those who recovered from the disease caused by the corona virus, with the aim of giving them infusion to patients in moderate and severe conditions, according to a protocol prescribed by an expert committee of "The project is based on the assumption that in the blood of the healers there is an antibody in the amount that allows effective treatment for patients."
"The professional work of the blood services teams, combined with MDA logistics preparedness and the responsive donor-responder response, allow us to advance the issue, for the sake of saving patients' lives, with seven coronary virus recipients already donating plasma, and in the past two doses to treat three patients Different, ”Professor Shenner added.
MDA CEO Eli Bean: "As soon as a referral from Assuta Ashdod Hospital came to us, we were quickly prepared, combining forces of MDA blood services personnel and logistical staff. With the assistance of Health Minister Litzman and his assistant, a suitable donor, a resident of Jerusalem who observes Shabbat, was found, and we immediately embarked on Operation Bezeq. All of this, so that tonight the patient gets the plasma, which we all hope will help doctors in their efforts to improve his condition. "