Public Health, family welfare and medical education minister T. S. Singhdeo will dedicate the H.I.V Viral Load Testing Centre to public at Microbiology department (second floor) of Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Raipur on July 11 at 11.00 am.
After the inauguration of the Viral Load Testing machine at Raipur, the HIV infected persons blood sample testing will be done locally. Earlier, the blood samples were being sent to Kolkata or Mumbai for testing. The tests will be free of cost. It is hoped that the facility will give a boost to HIV treatment as with immediate results available, proper medication can be administered as per the changes detected in the patient.
National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) has provided the machines to all the states. Chhattisgarh will have its first and lone machine in treatment of AIDS. Already, the state government is providing free treatment to the local AIDS patients.