Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) has continued its free mobile diagnostic services in flood-hit areas to support locals in case of an outbreak.
According to official sources, NIH has made testing facilities available in those areas where access to testing was limited, and now citizens have free testing services for Malaria, Influenza, SARS-CoV-2, and Dengue.
The Institute has deputed two mobile diagnostic labs in the flood-hit areas of Sindh. The mobile labs were parked in Larkana and Bdin, where residents can submit their blood samples for testing.
NIH deploys health team in Sindh
NIH has also deputed a three-member team, including a doctor and two molecular biologists in Badin. They also trained the staff of the district health lab to operate these mobile labs. It has provided three mobile laboratories to Sindh, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to boost the capacity of diagnosing Covid-19 and other transmittable diseases.
