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| **Summary/Static** | **Details** |
| --- | --- |
| **Why in the news?** | BMCRI to Set Up South India's First Infectious Disease Research Lab |
| **Establishment** | BMCRI chosen by ICMR for South India's first IRDL |
| **Focus Areas of IRDL** | Bacteriology, Mycology, Parasitology (Infectious disease research) |
| **Impact on Diagnostics** | Faster diagnosis, reducing the need to send samples out of state |
| **Government Support** | Part of a Union Government initiative to build specialized laboratories across India |
| **Additional Facilities** | Moniz Cath Lab Suite at TECC (coronary angiography, angioplasty, stroke management) and two new auditoriums (Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Auditorium at TECC and another at Minto Eye Hospital) |


Summary/Static	Details
Why in the news?	BMCRI to Set Up South India's First Infectious Disease Research Lab
Establishment	BMCRI chosen by ICMR for South India's first IRDL
Focus Areas of IRDL	Bacteriology, Mycology, Parasitology (Infectious disease research)
Impact on Diagnostics	Faster diagnosis, reducing the need to send samples out of state
Government Support	Part of a Union Government initiative to build specialized laboratories across India
Additional Facilities	Moniz Cath Lab Suite at TECC (coronary angiography, angioplasty, stroke management) and two new auditoriums (Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Auditorium at TECC and another at Minto Eye Hospital)

BMCRI to Establish South India's First Infectious Disease Research Lab