COVID-19 testing begins at SAIL's Rourkela plant in Odisha: Pradhan
Apr 15, 2020, 18:18 IST
New Delhi, Apr 15 () Union Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has set up a COVID-19 testing lab at its Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in Odisha.
The lab, set up at RSP's Ispat General Hospital (IGH), became operational from Wednesday.
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"SAIL has started COVID-19 testing lab lab at Rourkela. It will strengthen the state's as well as India's fight against COVID-19 pandemic," Pradhan said.
While all the major equipment for the testing facility have been provided by the Government of Odisha, the infrastructure has been provided by SAIL-RSP.
SAIL stated that doctors and paramedics of IGH trained at RMRC and AIIMS in Bhubaneswar will carry out the testing. ABI HRS(This story has not been edited by www.businessinsider.in and is auto–generated from a syndicated feed we subscribe to.)