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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
K Srinivasa Rao

HISTORICAL FACTS: Calls grow for more testing facilities in vizianagaram - Caught on Camera

The absence of testing facilities in Vizianagaram is being acutely felt by residents, with many being forced to travel all the way to Visakhapatnam city to get tested for COVID-19.

Apart from travel costs, they are forced to spend ₹1,500 on the COVID-19 tests - which is the usual rate at most of the private diagnostic labs in Visakhapatnam.

Currently, the Maharaja Institute of Medical Sciences in Nellimarla has a laboratory for conducting Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (Rt-PCR) tests. Samples collected from suspected COVID-19 patients at various primary health centres (PHCs) are sent to MIMS for testing.

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