Critically ill Massachusetts coronavirus patient dramatically improves after plasma treatment

April 23, 2020 / By Kayla Rivas | Fox News

Doctors at a Massachusetts hospital are crediting an experimental blood plasma treatment for improving the condition of a gravely ill COVID-19 patient.

The patient’s vital signs were quickly turning south at UMass Memorial Health Care last Saturday, according to a local news outlet. The patient was nearing maximal settings on the ventilator in order to stay alive, Dr. Jonathan Gerber told WCVB 5 ABC .

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UMass Memorial Health Care recently received its first unit of blood plasma donated by a recovered coronavirus patient. Doctors went to work right away transfusing the plasma into their critically ill patient.

According to the outlet, doctors were amazed when they saw the patient’s condition improve within just a few hours.

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