Patients paid Rs 511 crore for CT, MRI scans in TN authorities hospitals in five years: RTI facts
MADURAI: Over Rs 511.21 crore have been generated through CT and MRI scans in government hospitals throughout tamil Nadu within the final five years.
Social activists raised a query as to why such revenue generating test centers had been not mounted in the 5 authorities district headquarter and clinical university hospitals at Theni and Kanniyakumari districts in tamil Nadu.
speaking to TNIE, RTI activist Anandraj stated, "An RTI query became despatched to tamil Nadu scientific provider organization and the reviews suggested that precise sales became being generated thru CT and MRI scans."
"In some other RTI respond, officers stated that Rs 6 to 7 crore turned into required to put in one MRI facility. Is a affected person anticipated to visit some other hospital with a MRI or CT experiment facility because of the dearth of it in district authorities head quarters hospitals in Erode, Pollachi, Pennagaram, Ooty, Mettur Dam, Cheyyar and Manaparai. the two clinical university hospitals in Kanniyakumari and Theni do not have MRI experiment centers," Anandraj said.
Former joint director (fitness offerings) Dr T Jayapal stated, "The taluk-stage implementation of the MRI experiment facility is being carried out by using the health department, however it's time ingesting. If there are not any centers to behavior surgeries or specialists and professionals aren't present, what's the want for scan machines?"
Former GRH (Madurai) dean Dr Rathinavel said, "MRI facility is often useful for injuries and surgeries in the fields of neurology, backbone, vascular systems and mind. subsequently, the scan centers are in the main present in awesome-specialty services department in essential hospitals.
One have to be aware that apart from GRH, relaxation of the government medical schools which include those in Dindigul, Theni, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, and Virudhunagar districts do now not provide splendid-strong point offerings. patients affected by these forms of ailments are at once cited the GRH."