The patients visiting the Doon hospital were relieved as the CT scan machine of hospital started functioning again after the engineers fixed its problem. The aging machine broke down on April 14, causing problems to the patients.
The head of Department of radiology Dr Yatindra Singh told The Pioneer that the snag in the machine was corrected on Saturday itself and some emergency CTs were done on Sunday also. He said that CT of fifty patients was done on Monday.
The machine developed snag when the operators of the machine lowered the platform of the CT scan machine for an aged patient. Incidentally the machine is prone to malfunctioning and needs regular repairs. The machine of Doon hospital is more than nine-years-old and is nearing the end of its ten year maintenance contract with Seimens Company.
The hospital administration had written many times to health directorate to replace the aging machine. The radiologists of the hospital want the latest Dual Energy based CT scan machine with a capability of 128 slices. The hospital authorities plan to put the existing CT scan machine -in case they get a new one- in the emergency ward of the hospital so that the trauma patients get the facility of immediate CT scans.