ADVISER INAUGURATES RTPCR LAB AT GMSH-16
PUJA
GUPTA
CHANDIGARH
The
RTPCR Lab was inaugurated by Sh. Dharam Pal, Adviser to the Administrator,
Chandigarh today at GMSH-16. Sh. Dharam Pal stated that this Lab will further
strengthen the existing 24x7 sampling and testing for COVID management in the
city. He further stated that since the COVID cases have declined, now the
Health Department need to focus on early completion of its pending major
projects and also on better medical care to the patients. The capacity of this
lab is 300 samples every day and it can also be used for testing Swine-Flu
besides COVID testing. This RTPCR Lab will become fully operational once the
preliminary formalities like Competency Panel Testing etc get approved by ICMR
within few days. This Lab has been set-up from the funds provided by the
Central Government under ECRP-II (Emergency COVID Response Package) for the
management of Covid-19. The expenditure on setting up of this lab is about Rs.
70 Lakhs which includes the infrastructure, equipments, kits and other
consumables. The Health Department U.T. Chandigarh is actively involved in
management of Covid-19 pandemic since March, 2020 and has been carrying
extensive testing for COVID for early detection and prevention of the spread of
this disease. During this occasion, Sh. Yashpal Garg, Secretary Health, Sh.
Rakesh Popli, Additional Secretary Health, Dr. Suman Singh, Director Health
& Family Welfare, Dr. V.K. Nagpal, Medical Superintendent, GMSH-16 and
other senior officials of the Health Department were present.
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