Noida cop donates his plasma for Covid-19 patient

NOIDA: A 27-year-old constable, deployed at Sector 49 police station and attached with the Police Response Vehicle (PCR) 49, has donated his plasma to a 67-year-old patient admitted to Fortis hospital who had been in search for plasma for the past three days.
This is the first incident of plasma donation by a police officer from the district.
The constable, Amit, is one of the 50 police officers who tested positive for Covid-19 on June 14. He returned to work after nine days of treatment on June 23.
In all, nine police officers had tested positive for Covid-19 from Sector 49 police station.
Talking to TOI , Amit said, “My report, along with those of the station officer (SO) of the Sector 49 police station, a head constable and two constables came positive on June 14. I was deployed at the Sector 49 PCR from which, only I tested positive.”
“We received information from a hospital on Monday that a patient needed plasma. Two others were tested to check whether the antibodies had developed but they tested negative, but my antibodies had developed. So, I was chosen for the donation which was completed on Monday,” he added.
A police officer said that the woman’s family thanked the police for the initiative and it has been decided that in future too, the police will help patients needing plasma donation.