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PCR lab begins Covid-19 testing in Khuzdar
The corona lab is the first of its kind in the province
QUETTA: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing laboratory has begun Covid-19 testing at Khuzdar Teaching Hospital.
"The people of this district and nearby areas will have the facility to get tested in Khuzdar," said Dr Ahmed Wali, focal person of the health department, while talking to the media on Sunday.
He said that a coronavirus PCR testing machine has started testing patients in the TB laboratory at Khuzdar on the special directive of Health Secretary Balochistan Dostain Khan Jamaldini.
The corona lab is the first of its kind in the province and is the second laboratory after Quetta to improve testing capacity and quality of laboratories in the province.
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Dr Wali added that the technical delegation led by him has completed the installation of PCR machine provided by the World Health Organization.
"Commissioner Khuzdar Mudassir Waheed Malik, Director General Dr Saleem Abro, Prof Dr Nadeem Samad, Dr Babar Alam, Dr Somar Khan, DHO and Technical Staff of TB Control Program have played a key role in this," he said.
Dr Wali also said, "With the introduction of coronavirus testing in the province, there has been a significant increase in the testing capacity which has made it possible for the people of Khuzdar and surrounding districts to undergo coronavirus tests. Earlier, this facility was only available in Quetta and remote areas. People in the area had to come to Quetta to get tested for coronavirus.”
Published in The Express Tribune, June 15th, 2020.
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