RT-PCR lab gets RNA extractor

Ghaziabad: After more than a year of its launch, the RT-PCR laboratory at MMG District Hospital got an RNA extractor that will help double the testing capacity of the facility. Staffers said once the machine becomes operational, they can examine about 2,000 samples daily. Surbhi Dixit, one of the two non-medical scientists at the laboratory, said: “We received the RNA extractor on Friday and an engineer will visit the lab on Wednesday to get it ready. The machine is likely to become functional in the next fortnight.”
Dixit said they would need some kits for the machine and they are yet to receive those from the government.
District surveillance officer Dr RK Gupta said: “The machine will help us with pool testing with lesser manpower in case the sample positivity rate increases in the district.”