DHARAN, Aug 24: The first COVID-19 patient, who received plasma therapy at BP Koirala Institute of Health Science in Dharan, succumbed to COVID-19.
A 68-year old man from Dharan Municipality died of COVID-19 infection on Sunday evening even as he had received the plasma therapy treatment on August 17, according to the BPKIHS.
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The deceased person was admitted to the hospital on August 14 after he was tested positive for the COVID-19 a day before. The old man is also reported to be a patient of high blood pressure and diabetes, according to spokesperson of the BPKIHS Dr Nidesh Sapkota.
With this, three people have died of COVID-19 so far in Dharan. Two of them had received plasma therapy.
