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.
(Dr R. N. Das)
Medical Superintendent – Nursing Homes