A Look At The Importance Of Donating Plasma To Help COVID-19 Patients

Dr. Paul Camacho holds up a bag of plasma donated by a COVID-19 survivor at the Hemocentro blood bank in La Paz, Bolivia, on June 12. Atlanta Blood Services is seeking plasma donors as well.

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Atlanta Blood Services is a community-based center seeking plasma donors to help make therapies that could very well save lives.

More specifically, convalescent plasma donors are extremely needed. The plasma will be used to nurse patients currently fighting the coronavirus.

This form of treatment is being called “investigational.”