New RT-PCR Lab in Dakshina Kannada District to be Set up at Puttur: Here Are The Details

The Dakshina Kannada district health department is all to open a full-fledged laboratory at Puttur to avoid a delay in the Covid-19 testing process, and to lower the burden on the RT-PCR lab in Wenlock District Hospital in Mangalore. The new lab will have all the facilities to conduct RT-PCR and other tests, including malaria and dengue tests. The district administration has prepared an estimate of Rs 1 crore to set up the new lab, through the state disaster response fund in Puttur. Swabs for RT-PCR tests from taluk hospitals, community health centres and PHCs of Sullia, Puttur, Kadaba and Belthangady taluks will be sent to the new lab in Puttur after it opens.