Announced in Mar 2015, Bio Safety Level-3 Lab yet to be made functional in GMC Jammu
Govind Sharma
JAMMU, July 8: Even after the lapse of over six years, the Bio-Safety Level-3 could not be made functional in Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu while a similar lab announced at the same time for Kashmir was made functional in Chest Disease Hospital Srinagar around four years back.
Official sources told Excelsior that after the outbreak of Swine Flu in the year 2015, the concerned J&K Government had announced two Level-3 Bio Safety labs, one for Jammu Division at GMC Jammu and another for Kashmir Division at Chest Disease Hospital, Srinagar so that such pandemics could be tackled effectively.