Bridging gap between plasma donors and patients in need

COVID-19 IT WARRIORS
Ludhiana: A former student of Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Gill Park, along with his childhood friend has made a website www.getplasma.in to bridge the gap between plasma donors and Covid-19 positive patients.
The software engineer friends, Jaswinder Singh and Vidhur Tickoo, both 24, are working with different IT companies and hail from Srinagar. Sharing information about this website on its official Facebook page, GNDE College has asked people to join their cause. Jaswinder had completed his graduation from GNDE College in 2018.
Speaking with the TOI, Jaswinder said, “I am working for an IT company in Chandigarh. During the initial days of lockdown, my uncle tested positive for Covid-19. He was in need in Srinagar and I was in Chandigarh and unable to help him. In the past few months, we have seen several messages on social media where people ask for plasma donation. So, I decided to come up with a platform to arrange plasma donors for the needy all across the country. I discussed the idea with my friend Vidhur and we made this website www.getplasma.in. It is a non-profit platform developed exclusively as a go-to destination for those who have recovered from Covid-19 and would like to help people in need of plasma therapy. On the website, there will be no involvement of third parties, including the unofficial, untrustworthy groups of social media.”
Jaswinder said, “The intent is to reach those in need irrespective of their location. Also, considering the network facility in Jammu & Kashmir, the portal will be accessible even in areas of 2G network.”
The website was launched on August 16 and since then 10 donors and 30 patients from Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Delhi, and Jammu and Kashmir have already registered on it and about 3,600 people have visited the website. Jaswinder and Vidhur are also planning to rope in volunteers for awareness of the website and for plasma donation.