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Prices of PCR test revised to Rs 800 in govt hospitals, 1,500 in private hospitals

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The government of Nepal has revised the price of PCR test for COVID-19 to Rs 800 per individual at government hospitals and laboratories. Prior to this, the price of a PCR test was Rs 1,000.
By Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The government of Nepal has revised the price of PCR test for COVID-19 to Rs 800 per individual at government hospitals and laboratories. Prior to this, the price of a PCR test was Rs 1,000. 


Similarly, the price of testing has been revised to Rs 1,500 at private hospitals. The price was Rs 2,000 per individual before this.  


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Meanwhile, the government has decided to conduct PCR tests for patients at government hospitals free of cost.


 

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