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As winter approaches, GMC&H awaits H1N1 testing lab 10/26/2016 11:14:11 PM Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 26: The carlessness rather negligence of administration of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu can be gauged from the fact that they failed to make functional a laboratory for testing Swine Flu (H1N1) cases despite being pulled up by Jammu and Kashmir High Court. The winter is about to set in and risk of infection is increasing day by day but owing to non-serious attitude of the concern authority, the patients who will suffer from deadly disease, have to move another state for conducting require testes in the absence of a testing laboratory here. Moreover, waking up to an imminent risk of swine flu in the coming months, Disease surveillance officials were summoned to Delhi by the Union Ministry of Health to take stock of the state's preparedness in tackling H1N1 human influenza virus. But surprisingly the concern authority is yet to gear up their official apparatus for the flu threat. As two cases of H1N1 flu detected in the State this year. Pertinently last year two patients lost their lives as their test reports which were sent to labs outside the state arrived late. Sources told Early Times that one and half years after outbreak of deadly swine flu in Jammu and Kashmir, Health and Medical Education Department has completely failed to give clear instructions to concern authority due to which the hospital administration has least bothered to make functional testing laboratory at GMC,&H Jammu. "It seems the administration of the hospital has learnt no lessons from deaths of those whose test reports were received from outstation labs after their deaths, "Sources alleged and adding that Governor of the State had issued clear directions to complete the project timely but the crucial diagnostic facilities have not been established. Showing seriousness, the Governor asked the concern authority to take necessary steps to establish the Swine Flu (H1N1) testing laboratory at Government Medical College, Jammu as well as an amount of Rs 6.30 Cr had been released in this regard.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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