Information on CD4, viral load and prescriptions on ARVs in Delhi

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[Revised list of Centres for CD4/CD8 Blood Tests follows the message.

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Dear Friends,

I will really appreciate if I could get information facilities for CD4 count and

viral load testing in Delhi. If there are any available for free. If there are

commerial facilities an idea of the cost involved will be very useful. Telephone

numbers and contact details will be helpful.

In addition I will also appreciate information doctors that prescribe ARVs and

their contact details. This information is urgently needed for a friend who from

Kathmandu.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks and best wishes,

VijayE-mail: <vjscuk@...>

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Re: Revised list of Centres for CD4/CD8 Blood Tests

Please find a further revised list of Centres for CD4/CD8

Blood Tests. [Thank to Sanjeev Jain (SPARSH, Lucknow) and Bacchu

Dutta (from sonagachi). P. BALAKRISHNAN, - YRG CARE Infectious Diseases

Laboratory, Dr. O.C. Abraham, CMC Hospital, Vellore. Moderator]

Centres for CD4/CD8 Blood Tests in India

New Delhi:

1. AIIMS

2. Dr. RML Hospital

3. NICD

4. Safdarjung Hospital

Pune:

1. BJ Medical College

2. Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune

3. National AIDS Research Institute, Pune

Kolkata:

1. Calcutta Medical College

2. School of Tropical Medicine

Medical College, Kolkata

3. City Counselling Centre (Run by Durbar Mahila

Samanwaya Committee)

8/1, Bawani Dutta Lane

Kolkata - 700 006

4. Bharuka Public Welfare Trust

\ " Amaader Bari\ "

63, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road

kolkata

5. Roy & Trivedi

Parkstreet (Beside Petrolpump near Park Street

Thana)

6. Ranbaxy Speciality, Collection Centre

Divine Nursing Home

Beliaghata.

Indore: Choitram Hospital

Bhopal: Gandhi Medical College

Shimla: Govt; Medical College

Chennai:

1) Institute of Thoracic Medicine, Tambaram

2) YRG Care.IInd Floor, Main Building, Voluntary Health Services Hospital Campus

Taramani, Chennai - 600 113, INDIA, Phone: 91- 44 - 22542929 (10 lines) Extn:

227 / 228, Fax: 91 - 44 - 22542939

YRG Care in Chennai also offer services of HIV monitoring with CD4/CD8 Counts

and Viral Load testings.

CD4/CD8 Counts : It is being done with Becton Dickinson Instrument - FACSCount,

we charge Rs.1200.00 and the Quality is controlled and certified by UK-NEQAS

Leukocyte Immunophenotyping Schemes, Sheffield,UK.

Viral Load Testing : it is being done with Roche Diagnostics kit - COBAS

Automated system by RT - PCR Technique. We charge Rs.4000.00 and the Quality of

the test is controlled by RUSH University, Chicago,US under VQA Programme.]

As a standard practice - along with the CD4/CD8 absolute count and % of each, we

also give reports for all the hematology parameters including platelet. If the

patient gives blood before 1.30PM - the report is given on the same day by

5.30PM and if the blood is collected after 1.30PM the report is given next day

morning 11.00AM.

3) Christian Medical College, Vellore

Mumbai: JJ Group of Hospitals, KEM Hospital

Imphal: JN Medical College

Lucknow:

1. KG Medical College

2. Department of Immunilogy, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of

Medical Sciences, Raibareilly Road, Lucknow

Madurai: Madurai Medical College

Guwahati: Medical College

Goa: Medical College, Panjim

Kerala: Tiruvanndapuram Medical College

Bangalore: NIMHANS

Hyderabad: Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences

Chandigarh: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Jaipur: SMS Medical College

Ahmedabad: VJ Medical College