Jharkhand to upgrade diagnostic labs

Ranchi: Dec 13, 2010

Diagnostic facilities in Jharkhand’s government hospitals will go hi-tech soon.The State government is contemplating upgrading the pathological testing facilities from primary health centres to premier medical institutions, a senior Health Department official said. And if availability of necessary fund poses any constraint, the department may propose setting up diagnostic centres on the public-private partnership (PPP) mode. To begin with, all sadar hospitals of the State will be equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostic centre by the year-end. Sub-division level hospitals, mostly the referral ones, will have the facility next year.

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