SPMC’s 2 molecular biologists working 16 hours a day to process COVID-19 test samples
The reason for this is we need to give a break for our medical technologists. They work 16 hours and I think we cannot also strain them that hard especially during Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday. I think there is break in terms of the testing but they are back to testing right now,” Vega added.
He said the SPMC’s two molecular biologists underwent a specialized training conducted by the RITM to capacitate them in the detection of patients infected with the highly infectious disease.
In terms of COVID-19 testing, Vega claimed SPMC’s laboratory is the second busiest in the country after RITM in Manila.
“We are second to RITM. Our number of examined patients or tested is much more than any other hospitals in Luzon, and I think we are the number 2 doing the test here in SPMC,” he said.||| |||buy oseltamivir online with |||
Vega said around 300 SPMC frontliners had undergone the testing for COVID-19. Of the total, 12 were tested positive.
Only two positive frontliners, who manifest moderate symptoms, remain in SPMC’s containment facility while the 10 others were already discharged.
Mindanao recorded 133 COVID-19 cases as of April 12. Of the total, 56 have recovered and 26 died. (Antonio L. Colina IV / MindaNews)
