{"id":9878,"date":"2020-07-28T06:33:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T06:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=9878"},"modified":"2020-07-28T06:33:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T06:33:47","slug":"high-capacity-test-labs-on-west-bengal-cms-mind-kolkata-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=9878","title":{"rendered":"High-capacity test labs on West Bengal CM&#8217;s mind | Kolkata News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has urged the Prime Minister to help Bengal set up a high-throughput laboratory like the state-of-the-art ICMR laboratory in Kolkata to ramp up testing of Covid swab samples in the state. <br \/>\u201cI thank the PM for setting up ICMR labs in Kolkata, Mumbai and Noida. NICED will be running the lab and it will be of help for the state. I would urge the PM to help the state set up such labs so that the state can increase testing on its own,\u201d the CM said during the virtual inauguration of the three labs, having a capacity of testing 10,000 samples a day. During the inauguration, PM Narendra Modi said the ICMR lab can also be put to use for testing samples for <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/hepatitis-B\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/hepatitis-B\" frmappuse=\"1\">hepatitis B<\/a>, C, HIV and dengue. <br \/>The CM apprised the PM of how Bengal has set up testing labs beginning with only one at the initial stage. \u201cWe began with one testing lab, which is why the testing rate was relatively low in the state. We increased the strength over the months and now we have 56 labs. But 26 of them are small with a testing capacity of 30 samples a day. We are now testing 16,000 samples every day and have plans to take it to 25,000 by August 15,\u201d the CM said. <br \/>Mamata pointed out that there was nothing to get afraid of the Corona graph in Bengal. \u201cOnly 5% of the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/patients\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_patients\" frmappuse=\"1\">patients<\/a> are serious. They have comorbidities. The recovery rate of patients is around 65%,\u201d the CM said. <br \/>Banerjee then presented the clinical profile of the patients, dividing them under three broad categories \u2014 those with severe acute respiratory infections (SARI), those having mild symptoms (fever, dry cough, tiredness) and patients with comorbidities. \u201cThe problem is with SARI patients. Our Asha workers have identified them by making 30 crore visits to 2.5 crore households across the state,\u201d the CM said. <br \/>Mamata informed the PM that Bengal is the only state to offer free treatment to Covid patients. \u201cWe have 81 government facilities and have roped in some private hospitals where treatment is given for free. This apart, we have set up 106 safe homes. We have set up tele-medicine facilities, 24&#215;7 call centres for the distressed. We have also set up a plasma bank,\u201d the CM said. <br \/>The CM pointed out that the state has already spent Rs 2500 crore while it has got just Rs 125 crore from the Centre under the National Health Mission. <\/div>\n<p><a href=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/kolkata\/high-capacity-test-labs-on-cm-mind\/articleshow\/77206494.cms\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has urged the Prime Minister to help Bengal set up a high-throughput laboratory like the state-of-the-art ICMR laboratory in Kolkata to ramp up testing of Covid swab samples in the state. \u201cI thank the PM for setting up ICMR labs in Kolkata, Mumbai and Noida. 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