Overall, the 10 government laboratories in Telangana have a combined capacity to conduct 4,000 coronavirus tests per day, which will be increased to 8,000 in the coming weeks.

Hyderabad: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved 10 government laboratories and 18 private laboratories in Telangana to conduct coronavirus tests. Barring a few, almost all the public and private laboratories are located within areas falling under GHMC.

Overall, the 10 government laboratories in Telangana have a combined capacity to conduct 4,000 coronavirus tests per day, which will be increased to 8,000 in the coming weeks.

List of laboratories

Government laboratories:

1. Gandhi Hospital
2. Osmania Medical College
3. Fever Hospital, Nallakunta
4. NIMS Hospital
5. Institute of Preventive Medicine, Narayanguda
6. ESIC Medical College, Erragadda
7. Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal
8. Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Tarnaka
9. Centre for DNA Fingerprinting & Diagnostics, Hyderabad
10. RIMS Adilabad

Private labs

1. RVM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Siddipet
2. Laboratory Services, Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills
3. Vijaya Diagnostics. Himayathnagar
4. Vimta Labs, IDA Cherlapally
5. Apollo Health and Lifestyle, Bowenpally
6. Dr Remedies Labs, Punjagutta
7. Pathcare Labs, Medchal
8. American Institute of Pathology and Lab Sciences Pvt Ltd, Citizens Hospital, Serilingampally
9. Medcis Pathlabs India New Bowenpally
10. Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad
11. Biognosys Technologies (India), Medchal, Malkajgiri
12. Tenet Diagnostics, Banjara Hills
13. AIG Hospitals, Gachibowli,
14. Cell Correct Diagnostics, Virinchi Hospitals, Banjara Hills
15. KIMS, Secunderabad
16. Map My Genome India, Madhapur
17. LEPRA Society-Blue Peter Public Health and Research Centre, Cherlapally
18. Lucid Medical Diagnostics Vasavi Nagar, Karkhana, Secunderabad

Originally Published on: Telangana Today