COVID-19 Survivors Who Work At Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia Join Forces To Donate Plasma

Stephanie Stahl reports.

WE ARE TOLD SUSAN ROBERTS DIEDOF NATURAL CAUSES.SHE WAS 98 YEARS OLD.COVID-19 SURVIVORS WHOWORK AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OFPHILADELPHIA ARE JOININGFORCES TO DONATE BLOOD PLASMATO TREAT CURRENT PATIENTS.HEALTH REPORT ARE STEPHANIESTAHL HAS THIS UPDATE FROMCHOP, HI THERE STEPHANIE.REPORTER: FORTUNATELY CHOPDOES NOT HAVE A LOT OFCOVID-19 PATIENTS.THIS VIRUS ISN'T SO BAD FORMOST KIDS BUT FOR ONES WHO DOGET SICK, DOCTORS ATCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TELL MEDONATED PLASMA IS AMONGEXPERIMENTAL THERAPIST BEINGUSED THERE.PATIENT WAS SERIOUS CASES OFCOVID-19 AT CHILDREN'SHOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA AREGETTING EXPERIMENTALTREATMENTS SIMILAR TO WHAT ISBEING USED FOR ADULTS.WE ALWAYS HAVE TO ADD EXTRAPROTECTIONS WHEN YOU DOEXPERIMENTAL THINGS, ONCHILDREN.REPORTER: DOCTOR DAVIDTEACHY SAYS FORTUNATELYCHILDREN ARE NOT GETTING ASSICK WITH COVID-19 AS SOMEADULTS AND IT IS NO THE CLEARWHY.EVEN THOSE WHO ARE VERYSICK WITH CANCER AND GETTINGCHEMOTHERAPY THEY ARE STILLDOING VERY WELL WITH COVID-19.IT SURPRISED US.REPORTER: AMONG TREATMENTSBEING TESTED AT CHOP PLASMADONATED BY PEOPLE WHO HAVERECOVERED.EVERYBODY SHOULD DO THEIRPART AND HELP OUT IF GIVEN THEOPPORTUNITY.REPORTER: CHUCK BEACH ACEMONK A NUMBER OF THE, CHOPEMPLOYEES COVID-19 SURVIVORSWHO ARE DONATING PLASMA.I FEEL LIKE IT IS A TEAMAPPROACH AND EVERYBODY JUSTTRYING TO HELP EVERYBODY OUT.REPORTER: CHUCK WAS FIRSTWAR BID HIS FAMILY, THEY AREFINE, HE DESCRIBED A VARIETYOF BASICALLY MILD SYMPTOMS,AND IS THERE EARLY EVIDENCETHAT PLASMA FROM SURVIVORSMIGHT BE A TREATMENT FORCOVID-19, EVEN IN CHILDREN.WE'RE STATING IT FOR SICKESOF THE SICK BECAUSE WE DON'TWANT TO GIVE TO IT THEM IF ITMAKES IT WORSE.REPORTER: CHOP PATIENTS AREGETTING A VARIETY OF COVID-19TREATMENTS.WE ARE TAKING IT ON A CASEBY CASE BASIS.SIMILAR TO PLASMA, HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, AND THERE ARECHILDREN WHO HAVE HAD ALLTHOSE DIFFERENT THERAPIST FORDIFFERENT REASONS.NOW CHOP'S NOT PROVIDINGANY DETAILED INFORMATION ONPATIENTS, EMPLOYEES, WHO ARECOVID-19 SURVIVORS AREDONATING PLASMA THROUGH THERED CROSS PROGRAM, AND AT THISPOINT IT GOES INTO AGENERALIZED BANK AND CANNOT BE