20 March: Dr Tahir Shamsi @62Shamsi Dean & Professor of Medicine, National Institute of Blood Diseases (#NIBD) suggests convalescent #plasma (CP) #treatment for patients with serious #Covid_19 infection
7 April: Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) approved CP treatment
7 April: Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) approved CP treatment
30 April: Trials begin at 3 hospitals in Sindh ~ NIBD, Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi & Liaquat University Hospital in Hyderabad
10 May: Five more hospitals across Pakistan sought DRAP nod to conduct clinical trials for passive immunisation
10 May: Five more hospitals across Pakistan sought DRAP nod to conduct clinical trials for passive immunisation
Dr Zafar Mirza, Special Assistant to PM on Health unsupportive of suggestion, until “fairy” said it’s going to happen & he subsequently announced DRAP approval
9 June: Dr Zafar Mirza tweets list of approved hospitals, without naming NIBD, the pilot institute or Dr. Tahir Shamsi
9 June: Dr Zafar Mirza tweets list of approved hospitals, without naming NIBD, the pilot institute or Dr. Tahir Shamsi
“Govt allowed sometime ago a clinical trial on plasma therapy which is yielding encouraging results according to the investigators. COVID-19 recovered patients can donate plasma at the following centers:”
#Karachi in tweet 4hrs later!
#Karachi in tweet 4hrs later!
Shortly after my tweet prominent anchor @shazbkhanzdaGEO discussed & recapped the #plasmatherapy treatment
Thanks for the clip of @zfrmrza on 27 March in his usual unsupportive demeanour on the proposal then by @62Shamsi
Thanks for the clip of @zfrmrza on 27 March in his usual unsupportive demeanour on the proposal then by @62Shamsi
