Hyderabad: The CT scanning machine was inaugurated by Health Minister T Harish Rao at Gandhi Hospital on Saturday as part of the government’s infrastructure plans in the Government Hospital.
MRI machines and Lab Cath facilities will also be inaugurated in hospitals for the next few days.
Harish Rao said that Lab Kath’s facilities at the Osmania General Hospital (OGH) were ready and will soon be launched.
CT Scan Machine worth Rs 2 Crore, which is used to capture various cross-sectional images of the body for various medical departments, is the first inaugurated from the list of top-grade medical equipment worth Rs 19 Crore as part of the development work that has begun at the care center Tertiary.
“Patients at the Gandhi Hospital will be able to access free diagnostic services with MRI machines worth Rs 12.5 Crore and Rs 6.5 Crore Lab Cath notes in the next two months.
It is very important to carry out emergency cardiac procedures including angiograms,” said Minister.
Furthermore, working at the 200 mothers and health bed facilities (KIA) at the Campus of Gandhi Hospital has been accelerated.
It is expected to be completed in the next six months.
The minister shows that this is very important for the development of the overall health care facility at Gandhi Hospital and to provide free quality tertiary health care services to the poor.
Harish Rao said that the works of the Civic worth RS 100 Crore had finished while the work worth RS 76 Crore was underway.
The minister visited the emergency block after inaugurating CT scans at Gandhi Hospital and interacted with patients there.
He also interacted with doctors, nurses, paramedic staff and non-clinical staff at Gandhi Hospital and praised their efforts.
The minister said that health workers at the tertiary center had saved 84,217 patients with Covid-19 in the state.