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Kupwara: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara, Imam Din today convened a meeting of District Tuberculosis Forum to review the progress of various indicators under National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) in the district.
On the occasion, it was informed that there are two Culture Machines CBNAAT and TRUENAT available in the district one at SDH Kupwara and another at DH Handwara for diagnosing of TB patients. It was also informed that the district has applied for Sub elimination of TB certification for the year 2021 and the District Tuberculosis Centre Kupwara has been performing bidirectional Covid-TB screening. Related Posts
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Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration is planning to deploy additional staff at two
RT-PCR testing laboratories in city to issue report within a day.
“The swab collection has reached almost 8,000 a day. The capacity of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) laboratory was around 4,000 samples. Similarly, the daily capacity of CFTRI laboratory is 1,500 samples But the MMC&RI laboratory staff has stretched the sample testing up to 6,000 by working day and night,” informed Dr. Mohammed Shiraz Ahmed, District Tuberculosis Officer and Nodal Officer for RT-PCR testing and reporting in the district.
He told SOM that the threat of COVID-19 second wave has made people to come in large hoards to testing centres in city. Naturally, the swab collection has reached 8,000 mark as against around 4,000 last month. As two to three lab technicians have taken ill, there has been a backlog of two days which will be cleared by tomorrow, he said.
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Vaccination Centre shifted to Govt. Ayurveda Panchakarma Hospital
Mysore/Mysuru: With no let up in Corona positive cases, the District Administration has decided to convert
Trauma Care Centre situated in the premises of PKTB Hospital on KRS Road in city as Covid Hospital from tomorrow.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rohini Sindhuri said that the Trauma Care Centre, which is under the control of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI), will be used to treat Corona positive patients from tomorrow. Whatever manpower such as doctors, nurses, paramedics and infrastructure like beds, cots and oxygen required to treat patients will be provided to the Centre immediately.
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