BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The provincial government of Negros Occidental is hiring seven additional medical technologists.
This much-need boost will enable the molecular laboratory to operate 24/7 and reach the target of testing up to 3,000 specimens for coronavirus disease 2019 per day, according to Provincial Administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz.
Diaz said the medical technologists will be assigned in three shifts for the 24 hour operation
A medical team from the Department of Health recently arrived in the province and made the assessment on the operation of the molecular laboratory.
“So far they are impressed by the lab operation with the existing machineries and we only need to hire seven more medical technologists to reach the target,” Diaz said.
He also revealed that contact tracers in the province will undergo seminars conducted by trainers in Cebu.
Cebu has been sharing its good practices in addressing the increase in the number of coronavirus disease, or COVID-19 positive cases./PN
