CHATTOGRAM, May 14, 2020 (BSS) – Chattogram divisional health department
has fixed region based corona testing lab in a meeting held at the office of
Chattogram Medical College Principal this afternoon.
Dr Hasan Shahriar Kabir, Divisional Health Director of Chattogram, informed
BSS about the decisionthis afternoon.
As per the decision, Corona samples that collected from Chattogram City
Corporation area will be tested in the lab of Chattogram Medical College
Hospital.
The meeting has also decided the samples collected from different upazilas
of Chattogram will be tested at BITID in Fauzdarhat.
Samples collected from Noakhali, Laxmipur, Feni, Rangamati and
Khagrachhari districts adjacent to the Chattogram district will be tested in
the lab of Chattogrm Veterinary and Animal Sciences University.
Talking to BSS Civil Surgeon Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi told BSS that almost
every day 300 to 400 samples are tested in these labs. However, due to lack
of discipline, it has become difficult to get results in these labs in due
time, he added.
Health Department of Chattogram has finally taken initiative to solve this
problem and setting up labs for the region based sample testing, in the
meeting of CMCH, Dr Rabbi said.
Besides, samples from Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban districts will be tested in
the lab of Cox’s Bazar Medical College Hospital, Dr Hasan Shahriar Kabir
added.