Eureka Medical Laboratories (EML), which is the leading private medical institution conducting COVID-19 testing in Guyana, is expanding its services with a new drive-thru facility that will allow persons to get tested for the virus without leaving their cars.
Chief Executive Officer of Eureka Labs, Dr. Andrew Boyle, explained that more and more people prefer to be tested in a comfortable environment that they know, away from the hospital and laboratories. He said the drive-thru facility, creates that safe space.
“Eureka has done it, this drive-through facility will make COVID-19 collection and processing much, much smoother, and of course much safer. You can safely drive walk or ride through our facilities without having to go into a building and suffer possible infections”, he said.
According to Dr. Boyle, the COVID-19 testing facility will have healthcare workers always available to guide customers. It was explained that persons will also be able to do the swab themselves.
The Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Narine Singh, welcomed the drive-thru facility and said he is pleased that the company has been playing its own role in ensuring better testing for COVID-19.
“We know that COVID will be here with us for some time even though in different forms and testing will always be needed. How we could make testing much easier and much more assessable to the public is one of the things the Ministry of Health cannot do alone and we have to collaborate with the private sector to get this done Eureka was one of the first set of people to step up to the plate”, he said.
The new mobile facility is located just next to the main labs for the Eureka company on Thomas Street in Georgetown.
It was explained that results from testing will be available within 30 minutes for the Antigen tests and within 12 hours for the more detailed, PCR tests.
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