QC, naglagay ng laboratory para sa COVID-19

ni Twincle Esquierdo | August 17, 2020

Naglagay ang Quezon City government ng molecular laboratory para makapagproseso ng resulta ng COVID-19 na inaprubahan ng DOH nitong Linggo.

Ayon sa local government ang laboratory ay makakapagproseso ng halos 500 COVID-19 test kada araw at nasa level 3 accreditation.

Ayon pa sa alkalde na si Mayor Joy Belmonte ang laboratory ay "investment" dahil hindi lang daw COVID-19 test ang puwedeng mai-test kun'di pati na rin ang tuberculosis, human immunodeficiency virus, dengue at ang iba pang equipment, extraction machines at ibang kakailangin ay unti-unti na nilang inaasikaso na ibinigay ng ilang pribadong sektor.

Pangangasiwaan ng 20 empleyado mula sa City Health Department kasama ang medical technologist, pathologists, laboratory manager at ilang sasailalim sa training para sa highly technical requirements of the laboratory sa Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM).

Saad ni QC COVID-19 task force head Joseph Juico, "There were challenges in hiring medical health workers, in getting the equipment needed especially now when there is a high demand for machines, and also in looking for a site which is most suitable to all the protocols and requirements,” But the city government is dedicated to make QC independent in processing its own tests,”