India, May 30 -- Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday inaugurated Delhi's first medical genetics department, a lactation management unit and a state-of-the-art nucleic acid testing lab at the Lok Nayak Hospital, which are aimed at improving neonatal care, diagnostics, and genetic treatment services, officials said.

At the hospital premises, the chief minister described the launches as a "landmark moment" for the Capital's health sector.

"Today, we inaugurated three significant projects at Lok Nayak Hospital. The medical genetics department is the first in Delhi and only the fourth in India. It will treat children born with genetic disorders and enable diagnosis with just a drop of blood," she said.

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