ICMR identifies 52 labs for testing, 57 labs for sample collection of coronavirus

Written by Hina Zahid Published On 2020-03-08T17:30:09+05:30 | Updated On 8 March 2020 5:30 PM IST

ICMR identifies 52 labs for testing, 57 labs for sample collection of coronavirus

New Delhi: With the spread of coronavirus across the world, the Indian Council of Medical Research/ Department of Health Reserach has identified 52 testing sites and 57 laboratories for helping in sample collection for COVID ‐19 across the country

These include the following

52 TESTING SITES FOR COVID-19 as identified by ICMR/Department of Health Research

Andhra Pradesh-

Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati
Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
GMC, Anantapur, AP
Andaman & Nicobar islands-
Regional Medical Research Centre, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar

Assam-

Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati
Regional Medical Research Center, Dibrugarh

Bihar-

Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna

Chandigarh-

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh

Chhattisgarh-

All India Institute Medical Sciences, Raipur

Delhi-NCT-

All India Institute Medical Sciences, Delhi
National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi

Gujarat-

BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad
M.P.Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar
Pt. B.D. Sharma Post Graduate Inst. of Med. Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana

Haryana-

BPS Govt Medical College, Sonipat

Himachal pradesh-

Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Dr.Rajendra Prasad Govt. Med. College, Kangra, Tanda, HP

Jammu and Kashmir-

Sher‐e‐ Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar
Government Medical College, Jammu

Jharkhand-

MGM Medical College, Jamshedpur

Karnataka-

Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, Bangalore
National Institute of Virology Field Unit Bangalore
Mysore Medical College & Research Institute, Mysore
Hassan Inst. of Med. Sciences, Hassan, Karnataka
Shimoga Inst. of Med. Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka

Kerala-

National Institute of Virology Field Unit, Kerala
Govt. Medical College, Thriuvananthapuram, Kerala
Govt. Medical College, Kozhikhode, Kerala

Madhya Pradesh-

All India Institute Medical Sciences, Bhopal
National Institute of Research in Tribal Health (NIRTH), Jabalpur

Meghalaya-

NEIGRI of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya

Maharashtra-

Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur
Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai

Manipur-

J N Inst. of Med. Sciences Hospital, Imphal‐East, Manipur

Odisha-

Regional Medical Research Center, Bhubaneswar

Puducherry-

Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry

Punjab-

Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab
Government Medical College, Amritsar

Rajasthan-

Sawai Man Singh, Jaipur
Dr. S.N Medical College, Jodhpur
Jhalawar Medical College, Jhalawar, Rajasthan
SP Med. College, Bikaner, Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu-

King's Institute of Preventive Medicine & Research, Chennai
Government Medical College, Theni

Tripura-

Government Medical College, Agartala

Telangana-

Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad

Uttar Pradesh-

King's George Medical University, Lucknow
Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh

Uttarakhand-

Government Medical College, Haldwani

West Bengal-

National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata
IPGMER, Kolkata

57 laboratories for helping in sample collection for COVID ‐19 as identified by ICMR/Department of Health Research

Besides identifying sites for testing coronavirus, the ICMR has also identified 57 laboratories that are going to help in the sample correction. These include