The Indian Express 10.09.2013
Civic hospitals will soon get more MRI, CT scan machines
Tomography scans (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging scans (MRI) unable
to meet the rising demand, BMC has decided to procure two more MRI and
six CT scan machines at its hospitals.
BMC has issued tenders to procure these for various civic
hospitals on a public-private partnership basis. CT scan and MRI
machines are used for imaging techniques for detecting cancer or
structural abnormalities of the body or for studying parts of the body.
“We have floated tenders and got a list of queries from several
bidders. The process of finalising the bidders will be done shortly,”
said additional municipal commissioner Manisha Mhaiskar.
Dr Seema Malik, head of BMC’s peripheral hospitals, said, “It is more cost-effective if we opt for PPP tendering.”
At present, hospitals with no CT scan or MRI facility depend on
the three city-based hospitals and a few hospitals in the suburbs.
Now, the three tertiary hospitals — KEM, Sion and Nair —have one
CT scan and MRI machine each. Similarly, there is an MRI machine each at
Kandivali Shatabdi and Govandi Shatabdi hospitals and a CT scan machine
each in Rajwadi, V N Desai and R N Cooper hospitals.
Sion Hospital dean Dr Avinash Supe said the hospital performs
more than 15,000 CT scans and 5,000 MRI scans a year, translating to
40-50 CT scans and 15-20 MRI scans daily.
“We have one machine each, but one more CT scan and digital
subtraction angiography (DSA) machine will be added in six months,” Supe
said.
DSA is an X-ray technique that subtracts images of bones and tissues and permits viewing of the cardiovascular system.
Ratna Yadav, a resident of Andheri (East), said she had to go to
KEM Hospital for getting an MRI scan done for her 16-year-old son as
Cooper Hospital lacked the required facility.
“It is time-consuming. Also, we have to move from one hospital to another for different tests,” she said.