Scholars from Microbiology department, University of Jammu have shown willingness to work in COVID19 labs at the Government Medical College and Hospital, here.
An official said they havespecific number of staff members engaged in labs for testing samples and neededadditional manpower.
“The research scholarshave shown keen interest in volunteering their services in the lab,” said theofficial. “Since we have increased our testing capacity per day to 300, we needadditional human resource to manage the lab effectively.”
“One research scholarapproached us expressing willingness to join lab,” said the official. Head ofDepartment, Microbiology, DrJyotiWakloo said, “University will not force anyscholar to assist in COVID19 lab. If scholars volunteer themselves for theservice, we will recommend them accordingly.”
Wakloo said they havealready recommended one scholar as she showed willingness to work in the lab.”Our only concern is safety of our scholars. Otherwise, they (scholars) areexpert at lab work,” said Wakloo.
She said the departmenthas shifted the Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)machine to GMC Hospital on their request for sample testing.
“It is a very high-endmachine to detect any type of RNA. Since COVID19’s genetic material is RNA,this machine is very useful to detect the disease (virus),” she said.