Breaking: Sc Directs to conduct COVID-19 Test Free of Cost in Private and Government Laboratories

(Judicial Quest News Network)

In a timely and significant order passed today, the Supreme Court directed that COVID-19 testing should be done free of cost in both government laboratories as well as in approved private laboratories.

The Court says that “The private hospitals including laboratories have an important role to play in containing the scale of Pandemic by extending philanthropic services in the hour of national crisis.”

A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and S.Ravindra Bhat passed the Following Directions

• The tests relating to COVID-19 whether in approved Government Laboratories or approved private Laboratories shall be free of cost. The respondents shall issue necessary direction in this regard immediately

      (ii)     Tests relating to COVID-19 must be carried out In NAB accredited                     Labs            or any agencies approved by WHO or ICMR.    [Read the Order]