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Gurgaon pvt lab banned for giving false H1N1 test reports
TNN 12 December 2009, 03:35am ISTText Size:|Topics:Gurgaon
Haryana government
SRS Religare Laboratory
lab banned
H1N1 tests
GURGAON: Haryana government has blacklisted SRS Religare Laboratory, the only private lab in Gurgaon that was allowed to carry out swine flu tests, on the ground that it gave false test reports. The government alleged that it found some cases negative even when the lab said that the samples were positive.
Chief medical officer Dr S S Dalal said no private lab was authorized to carry out the tests for Swine Flu anymore and that samples were now collected at the civil hospital only. "The government decided to blacklist the laboratory after it found that the lab was not carrying the tests properly. After several such complaints, we got some samples tested in the government laboratory and found that the lab was not able to carry out the tests properly," he added.
"So far, 675 positive cases of Swine Flu have been reported in the city. Out of these, 423 are students," Dr Dalal further added.
Meanwhile, SRS Religare Laboratory denied that it was blacklisted by the Haryana government. "We continue to test the highest number of the Swine Flu samples in the world and have not got any such intimation from Haryana government. About a month back, six cases which had tested positive for the disease later tested negative when they were again tested in a government lab. That was because the patients might have got cured of the disease by the time the second sample was taken. We sorted the matter with the authorities and after that we have not received any such communication from the Haryana government," said Sanjeev Chaudhary, CEO of the laboratory. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...lse-H1N1-test-reports/articleshow/5328802.cms
TNN 12 December 2009, 03:35am ISTText Size:|Topics:Gurgaon
Haryana government
SRS Religare Laboratory
lab banned
H1N1 tests
GURGAON: Haryana government has blacklisted SRS Religare Laboratory, the only private lab in Gurgaon that was allowed to carry out swine flu tests, on the ground that it gave false test reports. The government alleged that it found some cases negative even when the lab said that the samples were positive.
Chief medical officer Dr S S Dalal said no private lab was authorized to carry out the tests for Swine Flu anymore and that samples were now collected at the civil hospital only. "The government decided to blacklist the laboratory after it found that the lab was not carrying the tests properly. After several such complaints, we got some samples tested in the government laboratory and found that the lab was not able to carry out the tests properly," he added.
"So far, 675 positive cases of Swine Flu have been reported in the city. Out of these, 423 are students," Dr Dalal further added.
Meanwhile, SRS Religare Laboratory denied that it was blacklisted by the Haryana government. "We continue to test the highest number of the Swine Flu samples in the world and have not got any such intimation from Haryana government. About a month back, six cases which had tested positive for the disease later tested negative when they were again tested in a government lab. That was because the patients might have got cured of the disease by the time the second sample was taken. We sorted the matter with the authorities and after that we have not received any such communication from the Haryana government," said Sanjeev Chaudhary, CEO of the laboratory. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...lse-H1N1-test-reports/articleshow/5328802.cms