Kolkata: Doctors in infectious diseases and buyaghata General Hospitals (IDBG) provide new and expensive monoclonal antibody cocktails to fight viruses by protecting patients from severe infections and inpatients – to two senior citizens infected with a little Covid on Thursday.
While at least two private hospitals have offered therapy to several patients, this for the first time cocktail therapy was given to Covid-19 patients in government health arrangements in Bengal.
On July 1, TOI has reported the state government’s plan to study the effectiveness of therapy in the high-risk categories of Covid-19 patients.
On Thursday, it was given to the elderly pair aged 79 and 69 years from 24 North Parneras.
Both have been a little infected but have co-morbidity.
“Both patients have co-morbidity including ischemic heart disease and hypertension with mild infections, which are ideal conditions for managing these therapeutic drugs.
It must be given based on day care.
But because the patient arrives at the hospital late at night, and they are not from the city, We have decided to save it at the hospital overnight, “said a specialist of infectious diseases of Sayan Banerjee.
The Ministry of Health has received 300 bottles of drugs from the Union Ministry of Health.
The cost of multi-dose package that can treat two patients is 1.2 lakh Rs.
Three other government-managed hospitals will also assess the effectiveness of the drug.
“This drug is expected to prevent hospitalization or intensive care needs,” Santanpathi senior clinical trial specialist, one team to guide and coordinate with four hospitals.