AIIMS Bathinda to start Covid testing in two weeks

CHANDIGARH: The new AIIMS at Bathinda is set to commence Covid testing in the next two weeks with a daily initial capacity of 180, which will be scaled up to 500 per day within a month.

A 30-bedded (Level II) Covidcare facility will also become functional within a month at the hospital, which is already providing OPD services to patients.

The issues were discussed during Chief minister Amarinder Singh’s online meeting with AIIMS Bathinda executive director and CEO Dinesh Kumar Singh and other officials on Tuesday.