Puttalam Base Hospital gets PCR machine

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With the intervention of the North-western Province Health Ministry, a PCR machine was handed over to the Puttalam Base Hospital this morning (16) by North-western Province Governor Raja Collure.

The machine which is worth rupees six million has a capacity of handling 40 checkups a day and can issue a report in 40 minutes, health authorities said.

(Text and pix by Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe)

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