Local medical testing company optimizes services to help fight pandemic
By: Claire Kopsky
and last updated 2021-05-19 18:26:54-04
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) â Solaris Diagnostics, a Nicholasville-based medical testing company, increased testing production more than 260 times pre-pandemic production to keep up with the demand of coronavirus testing. As a second wave hits India, the company sent help in the form of 1000 oxygen concentrators. We are a high complexity molecular infectious disease lab, said Solaris Diagnostics Chief Marketing Officer Cole Aebersold.
Prior to the pandemic, the company processed tests for respiratory infections, urinary tract infections, blood cultures and other tests at a rate of up to 200 tests a day. When the pandemic hit and requests poured in for COVID-19 tests, the company doubled down.
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NICHOLASVILLE, Ky., May 14, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) â Solaris Diagnostics, a CLIA certified clinical laboratory in Nicholasville Kentucky, has shipped 1,000 donated oxygen concentrators, worth more than $700 thousand dollars, to India.
These oxygen concentrators are now providing life-saving relief to the millions of patients suffering from the devastating second wave of COVID-19 cases in India. The donated supplies began arriving this week and currently aid three Indian organizations: Office of District Collector and Magistrate, Hanumangarh, Rajasthan KhalsaAid India and Sewa International.
With more than 348,000 new cases reported and death numbers exceeding 4,200 daily, the country is experiencing a shortage in beds and oxygen supplies, resulting in dying patients being denied access into the hospitals.