Ludhiana: Even because the non-public agency engaged by the Punjab authorities for diagnostic providers has stopped rendering its providers in Aam Aadmi clinics of the state, well being officers assured that testing course of continued at such clinics. They stated that the division had made preparations for sending specialised checks to group well being centres (CHC) and sub-divisional hospitals.
Ludhiana civil surgeon Dr Hatinder Kaur stated that they’d bought mapping of centres completed and samples for superior checks from Aam Aadmi Clinics (AACs) have been being despatched to city group well being centres (UCHC) and the district hospital. She added that in rural Aam Aadmi Clinics, samples have been being despatched to sub-divisional hospitals.
Health division officers stated that samples of 37 Aam Aadmi Clinics in Ludhiana have been being despatched to the civil hospital whereas samples of 1 Aam Aadmi Clinic every in Jagraon, Raikot and Khanna have been being despatched to the respective sub-divisional hospitals. They added that in most AACs, primary checks like blood sugar, haemoglobin have been completed on the clinic itself. In some clinics, even CBC, HCV and VRDL checks have been completed.
A well being officer working in a rural space stated that they’d a scientific assistant or laboratory technician deputed in centres. The scientific assistant collected samples and despatched these to the sub-divisional hospital. He added that round 52 checks, together with CBC, RFT, LFT, and many others have been completed on the hospital and the outcomes got here on the second day after samples have been despatched from AACs.
During a go to to the Aam Aadmi Clinic in Model Town, employees stated that seven to eight samples have been despatched to the superior centre for testing day-after-day.