GANDHINAGAR: The state government on Wednesday sanctioned a sum of Rs 112 crore to purchase CT scan and MRI machines, which will be installed in government hospitals. The pandemic has exposed the acute shortage of CT scan and MRI machines in government hospitals.
Deputy CM and health minister Nitn Patel told reporters in Gandhinagar on Wednesday that keeping in mind the growing need of CT scan and MRI machines in government hospitals, it has been decided to purchase 17 CT scan machines for district hospitals.
“A sum of Rs 82.50 crore has been sanctioned to install CT scan machines. These are for district hospitals of Anand, Ahwa, Botad, Bharuch Chota Udepur Godhra, Jam Khambaliya, Lunawada, Mehsana,Navsari, Rajpipla, Surendranagar, Veraval, Vyara. They will also be set up at district hospitals of Rajkot and Vadodara,” Patel said.
The MRI machines will be set up at hospitals run by Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society (GMERS) run hospitals at Sola in Ahmedabad, and in Gandhinagar and Vadodara.
