Pune: After counselling by doctors, SRPF jawans donate plasma at Sassoon

PUNE: Sandeep Girme (37), a havildar with the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF), donated plasma at the Sassoon hospital on Friday after recovering from Covid-19.
Like him, six SRPF personnel from group-I at Ramtedki donated plasma at the hospital.
Girme told TOI, “While performing duty at Dharavi and Koliwada in Mumbai, I got infected with the virus in April. Today, I felt nice as my plasma could save lives of Covid-19 patients.”
Doctors from Sassoon hospital had conducted counselling sessions to create awareness on plasma donation for personnel a few days ago at the group headquarters. “The counselling session cleared our doubts about plasma donation,” Girme added.
A second batch of six personnel would donate plasma on Saturday. “About 200 of our personnel had tested positive for Covid-19 while performing duty across the state. Of which, blood samples of 65 personnel will be sent to the hospital. Eligible personnel will subsequently donate plasma,” said Naveen Kumar Reddy, additional director general of police, SRPF.
Dr Suvarna Joshi, head of microbiology department, BJ Medical College, said, “We have so far found 16 SRPF personnel eligible for donating plasma. Their blood samples collected on Friday at the hospital.”