Guwahati: Blood plasma got delivered from Guwahati to Dibrugarh in a one-of-its-kind super speed car relay spread across 450 km in 8 hours to save the life of a health worker who contracted the virus and is undergoing treatment at Assam Medical College Hospital (AMCH) at Dibrugarh.
An urgent requirement for blood plasma arose at AMCH on Friday evening where Bijurani Gogoi, a staff nurse at the AMCH, was infected by the coronavirus while carrying out her duties. She was admitted in ICU for her fight against the virus. However, the plasma bank at AMCH along with the nearest bank in Jorhat Medical College Hospital was marred with empty shelves.
A call was made to Bhaskar Papukon Gogoi, a physician and social worker based in Dibrugarh, to help out the ailing nurse battling for life. Dr Gogoi has been running a plasma donation campaign in Dibrugarh which has helped quite a few patients earlier. He was able to arrange one unit of plasma at Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) but the bigger challenge was to bridge the gap between the two institutes, which is spanned over 480 km.
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