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January 10, 2021 THE Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) inaugurated on Saturday, January 9, 2021, its P18-million molecular laboratory that could quadruple its testing capacity. The facility was donated by the Metrobank Foundation (MBFI) and George Ty Foundation and constructed by the Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU). The facility was formally turned over to SPMC over the weekend. The molecular facility will be conducting a real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test of up to 200 samples a day, with a result turn-around time of three operating days. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, in a statement read by Assistant City Health Officer Dr. Marjorie Culas, said the new molecular laboratory will help improve the city government s testing efforts in its Covid-19 response. ....
(Photo courtesy of Southern Philippines Medical Center Facebook page) The facility, which is capable of real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing, was donated by the Metrobank Foundation (MBFI) and George Ty Foundation and constructed by the Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU). The facility is also capable of running 200 samples a day with a result turn-around time of three operating days. “With this lab, we hope to quadruple the current testing capacity of the SPMC, especially as the burden caused by COVID-19 has been felt most acutely by those in the margins of society,” said City Mayor Sara Duterte in a statement read by Assistant City Health Officer Dr. Marjorie Culas. ....