Private hospitals, labs not authorized to separate plasma from COVID-19 – Egypttoday

Private hospitals, labs not authorized to separate plasma from COVID-19 – Egypttoday

Photo of plasma separated from a COVID-19 recovered patient.. Private hospitals, labs not authorized to separate plasma from COVID-19. CAIRO - 9 June 2020: "Private hospitals and laboratories are not authorized to separate the plasma of those who recovered from COVID-19 to be injected into infected patients," said Director of National Blood Transfusion Banks Ehab Serag el-Din.. Minister of Health Hala Zayed has invited those who recovered from COVID-19 to donate their plasma to be used in curing infected cases after several cases have shown improvement after being injected with plasma.. A notable number of recovered patients sought to donate their plasma as a result.. Donors of plasma do not receive money, and the patients who will be injected do not pay for it..