Muktsar: Aam Aadmi Clinics without lab facility, patients suffer

Aam Aadmi Clinics opened recently by the state government are without the diagnostic testing facility for the past nearly two months. As a result, patients who go to these clinics have to either visit a nearby primary health centre, Civil Hospital or any private laboratory for the purpose. A government doctor said initially the testing facility was available at the clinics, but later the private company which had signed a contract with the state government backtracked. “At present, the laboratory testing facility is not available at the clinics. If someone is unable to visit the nearby primary health centre, we send his/her blood sample there. However, this facility is not for everyone,” said the doctor.