Order re Allocation and Rates of Private Authorized/Designated Labs Dt 14th April 2020

GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI
DIRECTORATE GENERAL Of HEALTH SERVICES
(NURSING HOME CELL)
31m FLOOR, DGD BUILDING, S-1, SCHOOL BLOCK, SHAKARPUR, DELHI-110092

F.No. 23/ Misc/COVID-19/DGHS/NHC/2020/ Pt-VI/4839-4849 Dated 14/04/2020

ORDER

The guidelines for COVID-19 testing has been revised by Indian Council of Medical Research on 09.04.2020 and the same is as below:

i) All symptomatic individuals who have undertaken international travel in the last 14 days
ii) All symptomatic contacts of laboratory confirmed cases

iii) All symptomatic health care workers

iv) All patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (fever AND cough and/or shortness of breath)
v) Asymptomatic direct and high-risk contacts of a confirmed case should be tested once between day 5 and day 14 of coming in his/her contact

In hotspots/cluster (as per . MoHFW) and in large migration gatherings/ evacuees centres

vi) All symptomatic ILI (fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose)
Within 7 days of illness – rRT-PCR
After 7 days of illness – Antibody test (If negative, confirmed by rRT-PCR)

It has been decided by the competent authority that 20000 rRT-PCR tests are to be performed on a war footing in Delhi in the coming five days for the community under surveillance and patients admitted in COVID-19 designated Delhi Government hospitals/ quarantine centres for the timely containment of the disease.

In case the number of samples collected is more than the combined capacity of government labs, the samples collected at COVID-19 designated Delhi Government hospitals/ quarantine centres shall be sent to private labs as per their allocated designated areas/ regions. The allocation is as under:

S. No.	Districts	Designated Private Lab
1.	North	Dr. Lal Path Labs
2.	North West	Dr. Lal Path Labs
3.	North East	Dr. Lal Path Labs
4.	Central	Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Clinical Lab Services, SGRH
5.	New Delhi	Oncquest Labs
6.	South	Dr. Dang’s Lab
7.	South East	Laboratory Services Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
8.	East	Max Lab, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket
9.	Shahdara	Max Lab, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket
10.	South West	Prognosis Laboratories
11.	West	City X-Ray & Scan Clinic Pvt. Ltd.

Note:

The samples collected at Delhi Government Hospitals/ Quarantine Centres / Testing Centres shall be labelled and packed in the transport container having requisite temperature as per protocol.
The requisite form shall be filled by the person who has collected the sample(s) and the e-mail ID of the institution on which the report is to be sent shall be mentioned thereupon.
The runner of the designated private Lab shall receive the transport container along with the sample(s) and give a receipt of the same before transporting the same to the Lab.
The designated private Labs shall send the report at the earliest on the email ID mentioned on the requisition form and Email ID: idsplabreporting@gmail.com
The bills along with a copy of the requisition form(s) and report of the test(s) shall be submitted by the private Labs to Delhi State Health Mission for payment purposes on a weekly basis.
In case the designated private lab of Districts at S. Nos. 4 to 11 does not receive the sample or has reached its maximum capacity, the sample may be sent to Dr. Lal Path Labs.

The private authorized/ designated Labs shall be paid from the COVID funds released by Government of India under National Health Mission to Delhi State Health Mission at the

following rates:

Sample taken by	Mylab kit provided by	Cost (in Rupees)
Private	Private	4500 /-
Government	Private	3500 /-
Government	Government	2200 /-

This issues with the prior approval of the competent authority.

(Dr R. N. Das)

Medical Superintendent – Nursing Homes

F.No. 23/ Misc/COVID-19/DGHS/NHC/2020/ Pt-Vl/4839-4849 Dated 14/04/2020

Copy to:

Secretary to Hon’ble Minister of Health, 71 h Level, A-Wing, Delhi Secretariat, ND- 02
Secretary (Health), 9111 Level, A-Wing, Delhi Secretariat, New Delhi- 110002
Mission Director, Delhi State Health Mission, A&B Wing, 6th Floor, Vikas Bhawan-II, Civil Lines, Delhi – ·110054,
Director General Health Services, F-17, Karkardooma, Delhi- 110032
Medical Doctors / Director of all COVID-’19 designated Delhi Govt. Hospitals
Medical Superintendents of all Government Hospitals either owned and run by Delhi Government or run under autonomous mode
CDMOs of all 11 Districts of NCT of Delhi
Addl. Director, PH-IV, 3rd Floor, S-1, School Block, Shakarpur, Delhi- 110092
Dr. Gautam Kr. Singh, SPO (Adolescent Health), DFW
All District Surveillance Officers
Proprietors of all 08 private Labs authorized for COVJD-19 testing in NCT of Delhi namely, Dr. Lal Path Labs; Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Clinical Lab Services, SGRH; Oncquest Labs; Dr. Dang’s Lab; Laboratory Services Indraprastha Apollo Hospital; Max Lab, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket; Prognosis Laboratories and City XRay & Scan Clinic Pvt. Ltd.