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“It saves a lot of money for patients who travel from outside Gaborone, who will get the results the same day,” he said. Chand said previously, patients have had to wait three days for private doctors or three weeks for the government hospitals to know their viral load after tests. The Diagnoform machine called NucliSens EasyQ determines how much virus is in the blood stream.
Chand said it is the latest in technology for viral testing based on real time. It is also convenient, fast and produces reliable results. The machine was purchased last December from France. “We initially had a comparative study, between the method used locally and the South African one to see if the reproductibility was good and decided to go it alone on January 12. However last week, the medical laboratories decided to introduce the machine to the Ministry of Health, private doctors, medical AIDS companies and bank managers to see whether the project was viable or not,” said Chand.
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