40 labs certified for coronavirus testing announced

40 laboratories were named today by the Department of Medical Science of Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health as cerified to conduct testing for the Covid-19 coronavirus

15 of the labs are run by the department itself, including one under Thailand’s National Institute of Health. The rest are part of its network of affiliated institutions. The other 25 are:

• Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital

• Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital

• Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University

• Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkhla University

• Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University

• Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University

• Rajavithi Hospital

• Bumrungrad Hospital

• Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital

• Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University

• Lampang Hospital

• Sawanpracharak Hospital

• Nakhon Pathom Hospital

• Chiang Rai Hospital

• Surin Hospital

• Nakorn Ping Hospital, Chiang Mai

• Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute

• Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Thailand

Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, US

• Institute for Urban Disease Control and Prevention

• The Office of Disease Prevention and Control 4, Saraburi

• Sokol Malaria Research Institute

• Bio Molecular Laboratories, Thailand

• Professional Laboratory Management Corp

• Ramkhamhaeng Medical Technology Clinic

The ministry made no mention of the price of testing.

SOURCE: The Nation