JERUSALEM, Apr 20 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s Ministry of Health, announced on Sunday, the shutting down of a COVID-19 testing laboratory, because of 19 wrong diagnoses.
The lab, located at the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS), in central Israel, began operating on Apr 10.
On Apr 17, Assuta Hospital, in southern Israel, said, nine patients, who were admitted to the COVID-19 ward, after being tested positive in the WIS lab, were actually healthy. Similar cases were found in two other hospitals in Israel.
WIS said that, the ministry rechecked the lab test results, before referring the subjects to the hospital.
The institute also blamed the ministry for “evading responsibility.”
Following the incident, the ministry conducted an inquiry, which found that 19 healthy people were misdiagnosed with COVID-19 at the WIS lab.
According to the current ministry’s statement, the lab can be reopened, only after repairs are made, according to the ministry’s demands.
