lucknow during the pandemic when most refrained from standing by their ailing dear ones young gaganpreet singh came forward to donate her plasma at least 10 timeslikewise manoj kumar name changed on request travelled five times from lalganj to lucknow to donate his rare blood type to save the life of children during the second wavetheir gesture helped in making the fight of half a dozen recipients against complications caused by coronavirus easier to some extentit may be noted that during the pandemic plasma of covid19 recovered patients was seen as an important contributor to the recovery of existing patientsthese two persons along with 22 others convulsant plasma and apheresis platelet donors were felicitated at the world blood donation day function organised by department of transfusion medicine sanjay gandhi post graduate institute of medical sciences here on wednesdayspeaking on the occasion head prof prashant agarwal said in covid times these benevolent souls upheld the flag of humanity