Driven to save lives : Sunil Masta

Meet Plasma Hero and Covid survivor Sunil Masta, who donated his plasma to Covid infected patients sixteen times till now, enabling plasma therapy to heal them. In an inspiring conversation, Masta shares the need for eligible plasma donors to step up, donate plasma and save lives as India braces against the second wave of Covid-19.

“Jeevan daan sabse bada daan hota hai. If god has given me a second chance at life by healing me from Corona, it is my duty to use this life to save the lives of others who are battling the virus, by donating my plasma.” These words are of a plasma hero who saved lives of critical patients through plasma therapy, by donating his plasma sixteen times over, after conquering Covid, last year. Meet 54 years old Sunil Masta, a Haryana resident who apart from being a plasma donor amid the pandemic, has also been a blood donor from the age of seventeen, saving lives of children suffering from cancer through his donation. Masta first donated plasma, when a youngster from his office called him, requesting for plasma donation for his parents who were admitted in ICU because of Covid. Ever since then, Masta keeps going for regular check ups to donate plasma to save more people’s lives. Project Plasma is a Fever Network initiative to celebrate the super power of Covid recovered plasma donors like Masta, who are stepping forward amid the second wave of Covid, to donate their plasma to save lives of other infected patients.

Project Plasma is a Fever Network initiative in collaboration with HT City to celebrate the super power of Covid recovered plasma donors, who are stepping forward amid the second wave of Covid, to donate their plasma to save lives of other infected patients.

Driven to save lives and in search of a genuine NGO enabling plasma donation, Masta came across the Kamla Arora Blessings Welfare Foundation on social media. Founded by Bhawna Arora to continue her mother’s legacy of charity and service, this foundation has been working rigorously with the government to serve Covid infected patients amid the pandemic. It has enabled over three thousand plus plasma donors to donate their platelets and save the lives of infected patients through plasma therapy.

Despite the earnest efforts of such foundations, however, there still remains a dearth of plasma donors. “There’s a dire need of plasma right now, in the second wave of Corona. The demand for plasma is much more than the supply. People should come forward and donate if eligible! My doctors told me that the more you donate, the more antibodies against the virus are built in your body,” says Masta, encouraging Covid recovered persons to come forward, use their power to save lives and become plasma heros.

Calling on Covid recovered people to show empathy, and donate their plasma to enable plasma therapy for others Masta says, “Put yourself in other people’s shoes who need plasma right now and are hanging by a thread for their lives. If you were in their shoes and you needed plasma, how would’ve you felt if no one came forward to help you? If you’re an eligible donor, use this opportunity to save a life.”

You are a superhero if you have recovered from Covid 19 because you have the power to save a life! Call on 8800570768 to donate plasma and save lives.

Author tweets @FizzyBuddha

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