Rajganj, 07th May: The COVID-19 Swab Collection Center was recently set up at the Rajganj Rural Hospital to make coronavirus testing easier for the patients. Accordingly, the collection of throat swabs of the suspected patients commenced from Wednesday.
According to the Block Health Department, the suspected patients, so far, had to be sent to North Bengal Medical College-Hospital in Siliguri for COVID-19 testing. Therefore, to simplify the process, the Rajganj Rural Hospital has been set up as a COVID-19 sample collection zone. The throat swabs will be collected from the hospital itself and then sent to NBMCH for final testing.
As per the reports, around 27 swabs of people who recently returned from Kota, Rajasthan were collected on Wednesday.