New Delhi: The National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratory (Nabl) must be for private laboratory registration for Covid-19 testing, said the Indian Medical Research Council (ICMR) on Monday.
ICMR in a written statement told the Delhi High Court that monitoring the online health service aggregator activity was not under the ICMR scope.
ICMR has submitted an affidavit in the petition which seeks the initiation of the insulting process for the Delhi government for allegedly not obeying court orders to take action against illegal online health services aggregators operating in the national capital and to regulate the pathological laboratory online.
“NAB certification must be for registration of private labs for testing.
Nabiftifs the readiness of the laboratory to carry out SARS-COV2 molecular testing before ICMR on it for testing.
Through this parameter, it is ensured that the laboratory meets legal standards for Covid-19 testing,” ICMR said in its affidavit .
ICMR, also told the court that he had set SOPs and standard guidance to prepare Covid-19 and Fourteen (14) testing laboratories (14) mentor institutions have been established in India to guide laboratories to implement this SOP and regulate this test and regulate laboratories.
For Delhi, the Mentor Institute is AIIMS, Delhi, said ICMR.
ICMR proposed that on August 16, 2021, ICMR has approved the 134 Lab Laboratory (35 Government and 99 Personal) in Delhi for RT-PCR, Truenat, CBNAT and other M-NAT testing platforms.
Advocate Shashank Deo Sudhi, which emerged for Applicants Dr.
Rohit Jain, has accused that there are no actions taken by the government and in fact, there is a great violation of the Supreme Court.
He also added that humiliation is an improvement yurisprudence and not hostility and public welfare is the highest law.
The applicant accused that the top officials of respondents were both responsible for holding back the illegal practice of online aggregators who were freely carried out under the eyes of these officials in the total violations of the rules and regulations set by laws and guidelines issued by respondents from time to time since The breakdown of the deadly coronavirus.
“Some illegal online aggregators advertise freely by offering attractive packages for body inspection, including Covid-19 tests via SMS or various online modes.
Applicants / Applicants have received advertisements from an online aggregator via e-mail to be tested,” the tree stated.
It has also submitted that it is a very serious problem that online aggregators operate without authorization and approval.
In addition, this online aggregator is not accredited by any accreditation agent.
The existence of the illegal online diagnostic aggregator is to propose a serious health challenge because a large number of people falling prey to the interesting health packs offered by this illegal online aggregator, expressed applications.
“Respondent’s actions are clearly an insult to the court and the right insulting process must begin against them for acting against the order on August 6, last year in this court.
Respondents have played with valuable life from innocent people by promoting medical practitioners What is not qualifies and is not registered to sign a pathological report and uncover ordinary people to the mercy of medical / pathological professionals who are unbearable and very incompetent, “said the request.