5,000 incentive for Plasma Donors

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sat, Aug 01, 2020, 11:01 AM

5,000 incentive for Plasma Donors

To encourage plasma donation from people cured of COVID-19, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to pay an incentive of ?5,000 to the donors and is taking more steps to provide better care to persons infected by the virus.

At a review meeting on Covid-19 remedial steps on Friday, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy directed that Rs 5,000 be paid to every plasma donor who have recovered from Covid-19. He also instructed the officials to prepare SOPs for better medical facilities and sought details of bed strength and the availability of help desks in the hospitals identified for Covid treatment in every district.

He also called for displaying all the details on a black board in the hospitals and in digitised form wherever possible.

Medical and Health Minister Alla Nani, Special Chief Secretary (medical and health) Jawahar Reddy and other officials participated in the meeting.