Jammu: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha gave its approval to transfer of land measuring 7 Kanals 250 Sqft in favour of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi, for establishing its branch in Jammu, an official press release informed.
The NCDC provides expertise to the States and Union Territories (UTs) on rapid health assessment and laboratory-based diagnostic services and it also provides referral diagnostic services to individuals, communities, medical colleges, research institutions and state health directorates.
Establishment of the NCDC branch in Jammu is a major step of the government to provide quality diagnostic services to the people, medical institutes and health directorates here in the UT, the press release said.
