The PGH has accepted an offer from the Lopez Group to help the state university hospital increase 10 times its capability to test for the virus SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of the dreaded COVID-19.
ABS-CBN, on the other hand, is donating to PGH several units of a fully integrated automated molecular diagnostics platform, known as BD Max. This particular system combines the two processes of extraction and testing for the presence of the highly contagious virus and shortens the testing period from four hours to just two hours.
“Together with assistance from other government agencies and donors, these machines from the Lopez Group will bring us closer to the target of performing 30,000 COVID-19 RT-PCR tests daily,” Dr. Legaspi added. The Lopez Group focused on providing the machines after holding a consultation meeting with PGH officials.
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