Port Blair, July 1: The Member of Parliament, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma has requested the Secretary (Health), A&N Administration to restart Blood testing and X-Ray facilities at PHC Tushnabad as the same was stopped since March, 2020 in the wake of  COVID-19 pandemic.

Kuldeep stated that in the absence of such basic medical facilities, the general public including old age persons, children, pregnant women among others residing in the villages under 04 Gram Panchayats i.e. Tushnabad, Collinpur, Mithakhari and Namunaghar who are more than 20,000 (approximately) are facing great difficulties. For the purpose of Blood testing and X-Ray, the patients have to come to GB Pant Hospital covering at least 25 kms journey.

Moreover, all the COVID positive cases are kept in GB Pant Hospital, which reduces the risk of spreading of COVID in the PHC.  The MP has therefore requested to resume the blood testing and X-Ray facilities at PHC Tushnabad for the health care of the visiting patients at the earliest.