Government to establish virology diagnostic labs in 120 districts

October 8, 2014

Central Government has recently announced that State-of-the-art virology diagnostic laboratories will be operational in 120 districts by 2015.

Need for virology labs

The outbreak of the swine flu epidemic in 2009 exposed the lack of infrastructure and preparedness in India. Only two labs in India then had the required capabilities to test for the disease.
The outbreak of the Ebola virus has again emphasized the need for setting up of modern and updated testing facilities to cope with the crises that may arise in the future.

Model Rural Health Research Units (MRHR)

The government also has plans to strengthen the Model Rural Health Research Units which will be set up by ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) in collaboration with the local primary centres under the administration of the State government. The MRHR model will be advanced to improve coverage of health services and early detection of diseases in rural areas. These MRHR units will be equipped with modern technologies and state of the art infrastructure

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