Covid-19: Rapid Test Presented by the Center for Public Health

The public health center has introduced the RTPCR or rapid test program for patients with Kovid-19. Opening the program on Saturday afternoon, hospital authorities said that an outpatient would have to pay 3,000 rupees for a rapid test. And those who have medical insurance in the public health hospital will have to pay from two to two thousand five hundred rupees.

On the occasion of the inauguration of Rapid Test, at 11 am today a function was organized in the auditorium of Major ATM Haider Bir Uttam, Guerrilla Commander of Gonoswasthya Nagar Hospital. Later, at 12 noon, Nazrul Islam, former Vice Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, inaugurated a state-of-the-art molecular laboratory on the second floor of the hospital. Public Health Public Relations Officer Mohammad Farhad later said this in a press release.

People’s University Vice Chancellor Laila Parveen Banu and Dr. Professor Nazrul Islam, lead microbiologist of the team that invented the coronavirus antibody test, spoke at the event hosted by Mahibullah Khandaker. Bijan Kumar Sheel, Rapid Kit Test Investigator at Noakhali University of Science and Technology, Chairman of the Department of Microbiology. Fierce Ahmed.

The Trustee of the Sandhya Roy Public Health Center was present at the time, Professor. Brigadier General (retired) Mamun Mostafi, Professor. Najib Mohammad, public health press adviser. Jahangir Alam Mintu, Senior Laboratory Professor at the Department of Public Health. Mahbubur Rahman, director of the municipal public health hospital. Badrul Haque, head of the Department of Pathology. Ghulam Mohammad Qureshi, Professor Shawkat Arman and others.

Former Vice Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Medical University, Professor Nazrul Islam, said: ‘You have taken many good initiatives. In the case of testing, testing must be performed with great care so that personnel do not become infected. Again, the safety of the sample must be ensured and the result must be accurate. We must be careful when collecting samples. If it is wrong, a positive person can be negative. Everything was fine, but one person’s name was replaced by another; it could still be wrong. We have to accept everything and work with care.

Professor Nazrul Islam, who called for emphasis on both research and testing, said: “We have the opportunity to do research on Kovid. I hope that not only routine tests are done, but also research in the lab.

Said the microbiologist. “We had plans for the lab when we started work in January,” said Bijan Kumar Sheel. Now our laboratory has been established. All the machinery is coming. Let me tell you, in 2003 we developed the coronavirus PCR technique in Singapore. When the coronavirus returned in 2020. Basically, today we are going to find that current.

Dr. Feroz Ahmed said, from here we will be able to do 200 tests every day. We will try so that the quality of our proof is not bad, it is accurate. We have tried to reduce the price at which the test is performed in a private hospital. Hopefully no one will test from here and say that I have been the victim of a bogus test.

In response to questions from journalists, the founder and administrator of the Center for Public Health. Jafrullah Chowdhury said: ‘In addition to the evidence, we are concentrating on the investigation. We have collected 50 lakh rupees for research. And we maintain the highest quality standards. He said: ‘Bangladesh has made a name for itself around the world because of its drug policy. In the same way, Bangladesh would have made a name for itself in the world if it had allowed antibody testing. He called on wealthy members of society, including businessmen, to extend a helping hand to the public health center.