Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 3: Following the Cabinet decision regarding immediate establishment of swine flu (H1N1) testing laboratory at Government Medical College, Jammu the Planning & Development Department today released Rs 6.30 crore in favour of the Health & Medical Department for the purpose.
In another order, Rs 5.635 crore was released for establishing H1N1 testing facility at Chest Disease Hospital, Srinagar.
The Cabinet had taken a serious view of the non-availability of testing facilities for H1N1 in Jammu and had ordered for the immediate establishment of a testing facility at GMC, Jammu. Besides, the Cabinet had also directed to start a 2nd H1N1 testing facility at the Chest Disease Hospital, Srinagar.
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