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Recovered patients sought for donation

Recovered from COVID-19? Your plasma could be key to develop treatment for ill patients
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Plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients can be used to help treat critically ill patients.

Opelousas General Health is asking patients who have recovered to consider donating plasma to help other people.

If you have had a documented diagnosis of COVID-19 by a molecular PCR test and are now recovered and asymptomatic, please call 337-943-7180 to find out if you qualify as a donor.

To learn more, visit http://www.lifeshare.org/faqs

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