MGM Medical College to get AMR Surveillance Lab
Indore: In a major stride toward improving infrastructure, the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi is going to set up a laboratory for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College (MGMMC).
This addition is under the National Programme on AMR Containment, which is launched by the Government of India.
The NCDC has accepted the college's proposal for setting up a laboratory.
Dean of MGM Medical College Dr Sanjay Dixit is quoted by FPJ saying, "With an aim to play their part in putting a check of antimicrobial resistance, which is declared as a threat for global health and development, we had sent a proposal to National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi for developing a laboratory for AMR Surveillance at the medical college. The lab will help in increasing the research approach and also to add in the antimicrobial resistance strategy of the government."
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