Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 20: In order to ensure availability and affordability of basic tests and diagnostics used in the management of Covid-19 patients; the divisional administration has decided to put a cap on the rates of Covid biomarker tests.
Several references were being received regarding charging of exorbitant rates by some private pathological/biochemistry labs in this regard.
It is worthwhile to mention that tests like serum IL-6/ Ferritin/D-Dimer/ABG/ Procalcitonin/CRP etc have an important role in the management of Covid-19 patients in clinical settings.
The committee constituted for this purpose includes Additional Commissioner in Div Com office, Director Health Services and HoD Biochemistry, Government Medical College-Jammu; who have been instructed to recommend the genuine/benchmark rates of these tests by 21.05.2021.
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