₹76.5 crore additional funds to set up oxygen tanks for COVID-19 patients. India's second national-level plasma bank was inaugurated in the state on Thursday. "We were earlier conducting the plasma method on a trial basis.
Four people in Madurai successfully underwent the process in the early stages and a few more banks will be set up in nearby districts.
We now have the approval of the Indian Council of Medical Research and have opened the second plasma bank at the national level with a total budget of ₹2.34 crore," said C Vijaybhaskar, the health minister.
He further added, "After a COVID-19 patient is discharged, the patient has to wait for 14 days before they can donate their plasma.