Kids can now watch cartoon films while undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) which otherwise causes anxiety and distress among them, at times forcing doctors to use sedatives.
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here has installed a Kitten MRI, especially for paediatric patients. Not available elsewhere in India, the machine, imported from the Netherlands, has been set up at a cost of `13 crore.
“This is the first such kind of a facility we have here in India,” said Dr N Khandelwal, Head of the Department of Radiology, PGIMER, adding that thanks to it, kids can now watch cartoons while undergoing the procedure.