Lousiana doctors try to treat COVID-19 with plasma donations from recovered patients

People who have recovered from COVID-19 may be able to help those who are seriously ill.

Doctors through LSU Health Shreveport are testing out plasma therapy to give one patient a fighting chance at survival.

David Langston and Kevin Calhoun have both recovered from COVID-19. They tested positive, recovered, and now test negative. That qualifies them for donating their plasma.

Langston was one of the first positive cases in Louisiana.

"I was the first patient in north Louisiana," he said.