PASIGHAT, Nov 5: Health and Family Welfare Minister Alo Libang on Thursday inaugurated RT-PCR laboratory, Blood Component Separation unit and Apheresis apparatus at the Bakin Pertin General Hospital, Pasighat in presence of Pasighat MLA Kaling Moyong, Deputy Commissioner Dr. Kinny Singh and JDHS Dr. D Raina. 
During the inaugural program of the Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) laboratory, Microbiologist Dr. B Apum informed that it will help in identifying the extent of spread of the coronavirus besides formulating strategies to combat it. In the RT-PCR laboratories test, nasopharyngeal swabs are collected from suspected patients’ nose and throat. Basically, it is gold standard test for confirmation of Covid-19 molecular diagnostic test (Gene). In future, it will also help in identifying many viral diseases like hepatitis, chikungunya, dengue, influenza etc, he said.
The minister also inaugurated Blood Component Separation (BCS) unit and Apheresis apparatus on the day. Pathologists Dr. G. Jonkey and Dr. Kaling Jerang informed that Apheresis is a medical technology in which the blood of a person passed through an apparatus (Apharesis machine) that separates out one particular blood constituent (blood component) and returns the reminder to the circulation. Sharing more details the duo added that blood components are red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma. It is used for collection of plasma called “plasmapharesis” where therapeutic plasmapharesis can also be done in debilitating chronic autoimmune diseases. 
Minister Libang accompanied by MLA K. Moyong, DC Dr. Kinny Singh, JDHS Dr. D. Raina, MS Dr. YR Darang and doctors also visited ICU ward and took stock of other development of the hospital. DIPRO

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