The deficient image of the federal government well being machine is published within the Chittagong Clinical Faculty (Chamek) Health facility, a central authority scientific middle within the port town of Chittagong. The health center’s simplest MRI gadget has been mendacity idle for almost 3 and a part years.
Alternatively, the health center government have taken initiative to make the non-functional gadget operational. Any other 3 and a part crore rupees are had to restore the gadget. And the health center government mentioned that the approval of this cash allocation is within the ultimate level.
In keeping with the health center government, for the upkeep contract (CMC), Nationwide Electromedical Apparatus Upkeep Workshop and Coaching Middle (NEMEU&TC) must pay about Rs. If this sum of money is allotted, the operation of the gadget will also be began via the top of subsequent January. As soon as the gadget is operational, deficient sufferers will be capable to get an MRI at low price.
It’s identified that the Ministry of Well being allotted the MRI gadget to Chamek Health facility in 2017. The cost of the Eastern Hitachi logo (1.5 Tesla) gadget is round 10 crore rupees. Dhaka-based Meditel Non-public Restricted provides the gadget. The bottom ground of the cardiology division of the health center was once inaugurated on October 24, 2017 after putting in the gadget. The carrier of the gadget began from 19 April 2018. Alternatively, the gadget broke down in October 2020 ahead of the 3-year guaranty length was once over. The supplier repaired the MRI carrier in Would possibly 2021 after being out of carrier for a very long time. Alternatively, inside of a month, this gadget was unnecessary once more. The gadget has been close down since then.
Docs say that MRI is wanted for correct analysis of various portions of the frame together with mind, tumor, stroke. If the MRI gadget was once operational within the health center, it could had been imaginable to diagnose the illness in a snappy time and supply fast carrier to the sufferers. However now our sufferers are being disadvantaged of that carrier.
Deficient sufferers are being disadvantaged of products and services because the health center’s simplest MRI gadget has been mendacity for a very long time. Many sufferers are taking MRI checks from quite a lot of non-public diagnostic facilities via borrowing cash with out seeing the manner. MRI exam at Chamek Health facility calls for a price of Tk 3,000 and Tk 4,000 relying at the box. Exterior diagnostic middle prices 8 to fifteen thousand rupees.
Chamek Health facility Radiology and Imaging Division Head Professor Dr. Subhash Majumdar mentioned, this health center is the one position of hope for approximately 4 crore other people of Better Chittagong Department. The health center’s simplest MRI gadget has been out of order for a very long time, depriving deficient sufferers of low cost products and services. Now when the gadget is reactivated the deficient sufferers gets carrier.
Brigadier Common Mohammad Taslim Uddin, director of Chamek Health facility, mentioned that the MRI gadget has been mendacity for three and a part years. The ministry has been requested to allocate cash to fix it. The approval of allotment is within the ultimate level. The gadget will also be restarted if the allocation is to be had. It’s was hoping that the gadget will be capable to be introduced subsequent January.
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