Specimen collection van launched at medical college hospital campus
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hiruvananthapuram: A specimen collection van from Institute of Advanced Virology in Thonnakkal was launched within the medical college hospital (MCH) campus, on Wednesday.
The van accepts samples of viral diseases not tested in the medical college's multidisciplinary research lab and will be taken to the institute for testing.
The test results are sent directly to the doctors. The main advantage of this system, implemented by the state health department, is that patients and their relatives do not have to travel to Thonnakkal with samples and wait there to collect the results.
The sample collection van, which was inaugurated by chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan earlier this year, is equipped with facilities such as a bio-safety cabinet, centrifuges for processing samples and ice-lined refrigerators, among other systems.
Samples are accepted on all working days from 9.30am to 12.30pm at the medical college campus.
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