Imported Components Cause Expensive Price of PCR Tests

Imported Components, Expensive Tests

Monday, November 1, 2021

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.

A researcher processes samples of coronavirus using the PCR method at the Laboratorium Parasitologi Inovasi, the real time PCR Auto Magnetic Extractor (Auto Mager) laboratory which was developed by a team from the Faculty of Medicine and the Laboratory of the Hospital of Padjadjaran University in Bandung, West Java, October 29. Tempo/Prima Mulia . tempo : 171329154113.

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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