Second consignment for Bio-Safety Laboratories (BSL), along with technicians, reached Nagaland by Indian Air Force C-17 Globemaster.
The consignment, for both BSL-3 at NHAK Kohima and BSL-2 at Christian Institute of Health Sciences & Research (CIHSR) Referral Hospital, was received by district medical officials and CIHSR authorities.
“With this, work for setting-up the second biosafety laboratory at Referral Hospital Dimapur will also start immediately,” Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio tweeted on Sunday.
Meanwhile, with work on setting up the State’s first Bio Safety Level-3 (BSL-3) laboratory at Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK) in full swing, officials informed that the lab was expected to be ready by second week of May.
Meanwhile, Health minister S. Pangnyu Phom in a tweet also informed that the “equipment for BSL-2 to be set up at Referral Hospital, Dimapur along with some additional instruments for BSL-3” reached Nagaland. “We ensure the latest achievement will immensely benefit our people in the long run,” he tweeted.