Ranchi, Apr 20 : The ICMR has given its approval to conduct test of suspected Covid-19 patients at the TB Hospital located in Itki of this district following which now samples can be tested at four locations in Jharkhand.
Earlier the facilities were only available at MGM Jamshedpur, RIMS Ranchi and PMCH Dhanbad. The state government had been continuously urging the central government to grant approval for conducting the tests at the TB hospital as it will make easy to test the samples of suspected Coronavirus patients from Gumla, Lohardaga and Latehar districts.
Ranchi DC Rai Mahimpet Rey also shared the news on his Twitter stating that Ranchi’s second and Jharkhand’s fourth Covid-19 testing facility started with ICMR Approval. “A big step in increasing testing and reducing turnaround time for contract tracing to break the chain.”
One machine has been installed at the TB Hospital in Itki for testing the samples. Further efforts are also on to commence testing of suspected patients at the medical colleges located at Hazaribagh, Palamu and Dumka with DCs and the heads of three Medical College Hospitals working in this regard.