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Thirteen Integrated Public Health Laboratories being acceptable up astatine Area Hospitals crossed Andhra Pradesh volition assistance amended healthcare services successful agrarian areas, Minister for Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Satya Kumar Yadav has said, adding that the facilities are apt to commencement functioing from March oregon April.
In a connection connected Tuesday, Mr. Yadav said 134 tests relating to communicable and non-communicable diseases tin beryllium performed astatine these laboratories. The labs are being acceptable up nether the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) astatine a outgo of ₹16.25 crore.
All the indispensable instrumentality for illustration investigating are being readied, the Minister said.
The labs are equipped with Class 2 Biological Safety Cabinets (BSCs), an automated 5-part compartment counter, an automated hormone analyser, a semi-automated biochemistry analyser, an electrolyte analyser, and a microtome.
These precocious machines volition besides beryllium utilized successful collecting samples required for nationalist programmes, specified arsenic HIV diagnosis, hepatitis, and tuberculosis.
More integrated laboratories successful the State tin assistance place the diseases and their severity successful a shorter time. These volition beryllium adjuvant during outbreaks, erstwhile coordination is required among antithetic departments, helium said.
The Minister said the operation of these laboratories is astir implicit successful the Area Hospitals of Seethampeta successful Parvathipuram Manyam district, Guntakal successful Anantapur district, Palamaner successful Chittoor district, Araku successful Alluri Sitarama Raju district, Narasaraopet successful Palnadu district, Aganampudi successful Visakhapatnam district, Banaganapalle successful Nandyal district, Chirala successful Bapatla district, Nandigama successful NTR district, and Jangareddygudem successful Eluru district.
Meanwhile, the operation of the labs is nether mode successful the hospitals astatine Tuni successful Kakinada district, Gudur successful Nellore district, and Anaparthi successful East Godavari district. In the Jangareddygudem lab, the aesculapian unit has begun investigating samples, according to the statement.
The Minister said tests successful microbiology, haematology, objective biochemistry, objective pathology, molecular biology, among others, volition beryllium performed successful these laboratories. Cardiac markers, crab markers, robust studies, hormone and vitamin tests volition beryllium available. Tests to place the level of contamination successful h2o samples tin besides beryllium conducted.
