Imported Components, Expensive Tests

The lowered price of PCR test should not hurt hospitals due to the wider reach of Covid-19 testing. Imported PCR components are used as an excuse for expensive testing.

Agung Sedayu

November 1, 2021

FOR two days, the blue tent where real-time polymerase chain reaction or RT-PCR tests were administered at the Unggul Karsa Medika Hospital on Jalan TamanKopo Indah 3, Bandung Regency, West Java, has had very few visitors. Only two employees stand guard there. The hospital has been refusing visitors who come to get tested for Covid-19.

Unggul Karsa Hospital’s management discontinued PCR test services on October 28. “All PCR services

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