Team formed to ensure timely delivery of test results

• Saturday | 6th June, 2020

New Delhi: An inquiry is in progress against eight laboratories of Delhi for testing large numbers of asymptomatic patients and delaying test results. To speed up matters and get timely delivery of test results of Covid-19 patients, the Health department of the Delhi government has formed a team of officials who will keep track of the results and also if they are being delivered within 48 hours or not. "The labs were testing more of asymptomatic patients than symptomatic ones hence the results for serious symptomatic patients were getting affected. The listed private hospitals had gotten land from the government at concessional rates for setting up hospitals and have been directed to ensure compliance within 3 days. Delhi government will take action against private hospitals for not treating poor Corona patients who come under EWS category.