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    Establishment of Molecular Laboratory and Performing COVID 19 RT-PCR Test at National Hospital of Sri Lanka

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    Request for the establishment of a Molecular Biology Laboratory at NHSL has been made nearly five years back and estimation for equipment has been prepared years back. Even the Ministry of Health has come forward to provide the necessary equipment and other facilities to carry out the COVID 19 test at the National Hospital it has not yet become a reality. I would like to point out that it is highly required to investigate the situation of being reluctant to start COVID 19 RT PCR testing at NHSL

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    Request for the establishment of a Molecular Biology Laboratory at NHSL has been made nearly five years back and estimation for equipment has been prepared years back. Even the Ministry of Health has come forward to provide the necessary equipment and other facilities to carry out the COVID 19 test at the National Hospital it has not yet become a reality. I would like to point out that it is highly required to investigate the situation of being reluctant to start COVID 19 RT PCR testing at NHSL

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    Request for the establishment of a Molecular Biology Laboratory at NHSL has been made nearly five years back and estimation for equipment has been prepared years back. Even the Ministry of Health has come forward to provide the necessary equipment and other facilities to carry out the COVID 19 test at the National Hospital it has not yet become a reality. I would like to point out that it is highly required to investigate the situation of being reluctant to start COVID 19 RT PCR testing at NHSL

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    Request for the establishment of a Molecular Biology Laboratory at NHSL has been made nearly five years back and estimation for equipment has been prepared years back. Even the Ministry of Health has come forward to provide the necessary equipment and other facilities to carry out the COVID 19 test at the National Hospital it has not yet become a reality. I would like to point out that it is highly required to investigate the situation of being reluctant to start COVID 19 RT PCR testing at NHSL

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    My No: CMLS/COVID19/2020

    April 11, 2020

    Mrs. Pavithra Wanniaarachchi


    Hon. Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine
    Suwasiripaya
    Colombo 10

    Dear Sir

    Establishment of Molecular Laboratory and performing COVID 19 RT-PCR Test


    at National Hospital of Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka National Hospital is one of the largest in the Asian region and function as a national referral
    hospital in Sri Lanka. It has a high intensity with competent and expert healthcare team including all
    clinical specialties in order to manage novel diseases like COVID 19. Therefore National Hospital has
    high demand for molecular diagnostic tests with huge range of requirements and different patient
    management purposes including the COVID 19 detection test these days. It reveals National hospital
    has a mandatory need of a Molecular laboratory setting in order to provide efficient patient care
    delivery. Further it is very bad situation that NHSL does not perform COVID 19 RT PCR test while
    substantial number of COVID 19 infected or COVID 19 suspected patients are admitted and treated at
    NHSL these days.

    Request for the establishment of a Molecular Biology Laboratory at NHSL has been made nearly five
    years back and estimation for equipment has been prepared years back. Even the Ministry of Health
    has come forward to provide the necessary equipment and other facilities to carry out the COVID 19
    test at the National Hospital it has not yet become a reality.

    I would like to point out that it is highly required to investigate the situation of being reluctant to start
    COVID 19 RT PCR testing at NHSL while having ministerial and many other institutional support

    +94773077717 www.cmlssl.org [email protected]. 25/2, Norris Avenue, Colombo 08


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    and support of Medical Research Institute which is having extra RT PCR machines answering the
    allegations raised at the moment telling there are lack of laboratory facilities for COVID 19 testing.

    Further, I would highlight that if the Ministry of Health is directly involved in establishing molecular
    diagnostic laboratory with facilities of molecular diagnostic tests including COVID 19 RT-PCR,
    thestaff of the Medical Laboratory scientists will be very keen to carry out all the related
    responsibilities and there is a suitable place for them to use for this purpose without any renovation
    spending additional time and cost.

    However, the reason to non-establishment of this laboratory is an unnecessary personal dispute among
    several clinical specialists in the Laboratory Service. Unfortunately it is observed the Ministry of
    Health has given more space for this unreliable professional conflict and being silent at this issue
    giving more value than COVID 19 outbreak.

    The molecular biology laboratory test, PCR or RT-PCR do not belong to a particular clinical
    discipline and it fulfills molecular level scientific evidences for vast range of diagnostic and patient
    management purposes covering all the scope of the clinical requirement of medical laboratory service
    ranging Clinical Haematology, Clinical Microbiology, Histopathology, Clinical Biochemistry and
    Genetics etc. That unethical and irrelevant professional conflict should not affect for the patients or
    decision of clinicians who manage the patients.

    Therefore, we would urge you to provide your direct intervention on the above situation and give
    directives for the immediate commencement of the 19 RT-PCRtesting at the National Hospital of Sri
    Lanka.

    Thank you
    Yours - Faithfully

    Copy:
    Ravi Kumudesh 1. The Secretary to the HE the President
    President, CMLS.SL 2. Hon. Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine
    (0773077717) 3. The Secretary, Ministry of Health
    4. Director General of Health Services
    5. Deputy Director General (NHSL)
    6. Superintendent Medical Laboratory Scientist (NHSL)

    +94773077717 www.cmlssl.org [email protected]. 25/2, Norris Avenue, Colombo 08


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