MRI repair to be completed today: Kidwai hospital in Bengaluru
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Kidwai, Karnataka's largest govt-run cancer hospital, has faced mounting criticism after patients queued up daily at the MRI room, only to find the same handwritten sign: 'MRI Machine Not Working.'
TOI, in its Friday's (July 18) edition had highlighted the plight of patients in a report titled "3 weeks on, 185 patients await MRI scan at Kidwai hosp". The hospital's MRI machine is over 11 years old, and the delay in repair, Kidwai director Dr Naveen T had told TOI Thursday, was due to the part not being available in India.
"...It is being imported from Germany," he had said.
On Friday, Kidwai, in an official statement, said no patients were adversely affected by the malfunction and that arrangements were made to send patients to Nimhans and Sanjay Gandhi hospitals via ambulance.
However, a reality check by TOI revealed only five patients were actually sent for scans to Nimhans on Friday, while Sanjay Gandhi hospital received none.
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