MKCG MCH Gets Approval to Conduct COVID-19 Testing
Bhubaneswar: In a major boost to Odisha’s fight against deadly Coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi has permitted the MKCG Medical College and Hospital, Berhampur to carry out COVID-19 testing. MKCG has become the second medical college hospital in the State after SCB MCH to get the approval to do COVID-19 [...]
Bhubaneswar: In a major boost to Odisha’s fight against deadly Coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi has permitted the MKCG Medical College and Hospital, Berhampur to carry out COVID-19 testing.
MKCG has become the second medical college hospital in the State after SCB MCH to get the approval to do COVID-19 testing.
Expressing happiness over it, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said it will help in carrying out tests in southern part of the State, further strengthening Odisha’s fight against the pandemic.
MKCG MCH, Berhampur has been permitted by @ICMRDELHI to conduct #COVID19 testing. The second MCH in the state after SCBMCH will help in carrying out tests in southern part of the state, further strengthening #Odisha’s fight against the pandemic. #OdishaFightsCorona
— CMO Odisha (@CMO_Odisha) April 10, 2020
Earlier, the Odisha Government had requested the ICMR to allow COVID-19 testing at MKCG MCH, Berhampur, VIMSAR Burla and IGH Rourkela in the wake of spike in the number of coronavirus cases across the country.
Currently, Odisha has three testing facilities at the Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar and SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack.
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