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COVID Test: Pregnant Women Grateful For BMC’s Home Collection Of Swab Samples

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Pregnant women in the capital city have started availing of BMC’s facility of collecting swab samples for COVID-19 test from their doorstep in Bhubaneswar.

Pushpita Roy, who is a healthcare worker, was impressed with the home service and thanked the BMC team.

“Thank you BMC for responding quickly and coming to my home for sample collection for RT-PCR test,” said the 33-year-old Pushpita, a resident of Jagannath Colony, Tankapani Road.

Pushpita was one of four expecting mothers from whom the BMC team collected swab samples of for RT-PCR test. They had all booked an appointment by calling 1929 Call Centre on Tuesday.

Swab samples were collected from two women in South-East Zone, and one each from South-West and North Zone of the Civic body.

An appointment can be booked by calling 1929 between 8 am and 11 am to avail this facility.

All Zonal Deputy Municipal Commissioners — Anshuman Rath (South-East), Purandar Nanda (North) and Rabi Narayan Jethhy (South-West) — are monitoring and ensuring smooth and hassle-free collection of samples in their respective zones.

OB Bureau

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