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Keeping in view the surge in coronavirus cases in Uttar Pradesh, the Department of Medical Education has taken a major initiative to ramp up the testing capacity.
From now onwards, the medical colleges and institutes will be testing 1,64,000 samples, which is three times more as at present, about 51,900 samples are being tested daily in medical colleges and institutions in the state.
Presently, about two lakh Covid tests are being conducted by all the labs, state run and private, of the state.
As many as 104 private laboratories and 125 public sector laboratories are testing the samples for COVID-19 and as of now, more than 3.8 crore tests have been done so far.
To control the infection of the deadly coronavirus, as many as 558 scientists, lab technicians, data operators, and lab attendants are being appointed that will cost more than Rs 52 lakh as an honorarium every month.
Principal Secretary of Medical Education Department, Alok Kumar said that as many as 12,000 sample tests will be done on a daily basis at KGMU, RML, SGPGI, JIMS Noida, and Meerut Medical College.
The hospitals to conduct 8000 samples daily are RIMS, Saifai, SSPH, Greater Noida, BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur and , Medical colleges of Prayagraj, Jhansi, Kanpur, and Agra.
Apart from this, 4000 samples are to be tested daily in Medical Colleges of Azamgarh, Kannauj, Ambedkarnagar, Banda, Badaun, Saharanpur, Jalaun, and Autonomous State Medical Colleges of Ayodhya, Basti, Bahraich, Firozabad, and Shahjahanpur.
For these Medical Colleges and Autonomous State Medical Colleges, the Department of Medical Education has also ordered an increase in resources to increase sample tests. The types of equipment that are to be purchased include 83 RTPCR machines worth Rs 12.45 crore, an Automatic extractor (35 cm) of Rs 14 crore, and 23 biosafety cabinets worth Rs 1.61 crore.
Apart from this, 29 autoclave machines, 29 deep freezers of different capacities worth Rs 4.5 crore will also be purchased.