Covid lab at MMCH to reopen after 3 years
Daltonganj: The virology and Covid laboratory at the Medinirai Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) here will be revived in the next fortnight amid rising Covid cases in the state.
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Set up during the pandemic Covid 19 at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore, the lab tested close to 1,500 samples daily when cases peaked in Jharkhand. However, it was shut down after a memorandum of understanding with an NGO expired while the pandemic was on the wane.
MMCH principal Dr P N Mahto and Palamu civil surgeon Dr Anil Kumar jointly inspected the lab on Monday after the state health department asked all districts to step up its preparedness.
"The equipment is safe and requires only servicing. Other facilities like electricity, water supply too are not an issue," Mahto said. "We are planning to restart the lab within 15 days," he added.
Mahto and Kumar also discussed the prospect of setting up a separate outpatient department (OPD) for attending to patients with influenza like illnesses and severely acute respiratory infections, considered the early symptoms for suspected Covid 19 patients. Kumar said all the hospital staff have been directed to document the names and contact numbers with such symptoms. "There is no shortage of PPE kits and medicines," he said.
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