Public health, family welfare and medical education minister T. S. Singhdeo will dedicate the HIV Viral Load Testing Centre to public at Microbiology department of the Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Raipur on July 8 at 11.00 am.
With the introduction of the Viral Load Testing Centre at Raipur, now the HIV infected persons’ blood sample testing can be done locally. Earlier, the blood samples were being sent to Kolkata or Mumbai for testing. The testing is free of cost. It is hoped that it will give a boost in the treatment of HIV patients, as with immediate results available, the medication can be done early.
National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) has provided the viral load testing machines to all the states. For Chhattisgarh it is the first and the only one for treatment of AIDS. Already, state government is providing free treatment to the AIDS patients.