Dr Naqeeb Khalid – a Pakistani expatriate in Canada has developed cellphone-based COVID-19 test.
In a remarkable achievement, Pakistani doctor named Dr Naqeeb Khalid has developed smartphone-based COVID-19 test.
Dr Naqeeb Khalid who is also the Director of Medical Device Programme at the Montreal-based Two-Photon Research Inc led the development of the new innovative COVID-19 diagnosis process.
Raza Bashir Tarar – Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Canada, has congratulated Dr Naqeeb on this extraordinary achievement.
The new smart-phone based COVID-19 testing will be made possible via a smartphone app which will provide instant, accurate and low-cost testing that does not rely on laboratory testing is essential in containing the pandemic and together with vaccines, said Najeeb Khalid, Dr Naqeeb’s brother who also collaborated with him on the project.
Dr Naqeeb khalid graduated from King Edward Medical University in 1983 before acquiring experience in invention of medical devices and systems, told the High Commissioner that his innovation is based on a digital platform that displays the result instantly on any smartphone and can also communicate or store the results along with time and GPS information.
