The samples of patients suspected from the swine flu can now be tested at the molecular research laboratory of Mahant Indiresh hospital.
The laboratory of the hospital is authorised by the New Delhi based National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The samples collected at present by the State health department are at present sent to the NCDC New Delhi and due to heavy workload the reports of these samples take at least a week to arrive in Dehradun.
The in-charge of the molecular laboratory Dr Narottam Sharma said that with the help of State-of-the-art equipment and trained staff the report of the suspected samples of swine flu is provided within six to eight hours. He said that the treatment of the patients starts immediately due to the facility of lab in State capital now.
Dr Sharma claimed that 100 samples can be tested in the lab at one time.
The authorities of the MI hospital have also set up a separate isolation ward for the swine flu patients.