PASIGHAT, Jun 28: Five patients were discharged from the Dedicated Covid Hospital, Pasighat on Sunday after their second consecutive samples tested negative. This has reduced the active cases to zero in East Siang district. 
A very impressed Deputy Commissioner, Dr. Kinny Singh appreciated the untiring combined efforts of the administration, police, health department, CBOs, NGOs and various stakeholders who worked in high risk situation. She expressed hope that people will follow the guidelines framed by the government as well as by the administration. 
Jt. DHS Dr. D. Raina informed that it was a pleasant moment for all of them to discharge all patients. 
On June 24 last the Bakin Pertin Government Hospital started using TrueNat tests for conducting confirmatory tests on Covid-19 patients before discharging them from the hospital. 
“TrueNat- a diagnostic machine as effective as Reverse Transcription - Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test, a laboratory method used for detecting coronavirus. After installation of the machine in the CT Scan building in BPGH, we are able to get result within 2-3 hours instead of sending samples outside and waiting for at least one week," informed Dr. Raina.
DMO Dr. Kaling Dai stated that now the onus was on the people to change their behavior in living style by wearing masks in public places, avoiding gathering, ensuring hand sanitization and above all by not stigmatizing people who suffer from the disease because he or she is very much one of us.

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Kenter Joya Riba

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