Consider grievances on check charges, HC tells govt

By Express News Service
KOCHI: Kerala High Court has directed the state authorities to think about the grievance of personal diagnostic centres and analysis centres which are conducting numerous sorts of Covid-19 checks relating to capping the speed for checks. The cost for RT-PCR was decreased from Rs 2,100 to 1,500.

The courtroom directed to take a call primarily based on the illustration after giving them a possibility of listening to inside a interval of three weeks. Till such time, the petitioners must be permitted to grasp Rs 2,100 because the cost for RT-PCR check. The courtroom issued the order whereas disposing of a petition filed by R-Cell diagnostics and analysis centre, Kozhikode, and 6 others difficult the choice of the federal government.

The petitioners identified that the federal government had fastened the utmost price for the RT-PCR check initially as `4,500 which was decreased to `2,750 on July 2 final 12 months. On October 21, it was decreased to `2,100. This charge was fastened bearing in mind numerous components like prices, together with accreditation prices, calibration, upkeep of kit, labour and high quality of check.