DELHI'S RAM MANOHAR LOHIA OUTSOURCES TESTING OF BLOOD UNITS

Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital has begun sending blood units collected at its blood bank to Lady Hardinge Medical College for nucleic acid testing (NAT) from Monday. This follows the TOI report of Aug 30 on RML supplying blood without this advanced screening.

LHMC officials confirmed they started receiving blood on Sept 13 and have tested 203 units so far - 60 on Sept 13, 59 on Sept 15 and 84 on Sept 16. "It's correct that RML is sending blood units to LHMC for testing till a NAT machine is procured by the hospital," confirmed Dr Pulin Kumar Gupta who is in charge of RML's media cell. "This step was taken for the betterment of patients. The procurement of the machine will be fast-tracked within a month."

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