The Delhi government-run LNJP Hospital is likely to start plasma therapy for coronavirus patients after another state-run GTB Hospital also set the ball rolling to conduct the procedure at the facility, an official said on July 12.

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The Deputy Chief Minister on July 12 visited the facility to review the preparedness and also held a meeting with doctors. He directed them to ensure that patients coming for plasma donation were made to feel "secure" and "safe", and there should be confidence instilled in them about the process. "Visited LNJP Hospital and met the team to thank for their untiring efforts. Delhi has seen a reassuring decrease in the number of new cases in the past few weeks. Credit goes to the #CoronaWarriors, doctors & medical teams all over Delhi! #DelhiFightsCorona," he tweeted. According to a top official of the hospital, the authorities have procured a machine needed to do the therapy and installed it.

He said the machine would be sterilised and the process was likely to start in the next two-three days. The Chief Minister is expected to announce the start of the procedure in the hospital. The hospital already has the ICMR approval to conduct plasma therapy on 200 patients. Recently, the Delhi government opened the country's first "plasma bank'' at state-run Institute of Liver and Biliary Science.