Diagnostic tests at VIMSAR come under scanner

THE adequacy and timely availability of diagnostic services at Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) in Burla has again come under the scanner after a Sonepur-based social activist raised concerns over long waiting periods for tests like MRI, CT scan and ultrasound in the state-run hospital.

- MAYANK BHUSAN PANI @Sambalpur

In a grievance to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on August 17, activist Udaynath Swain alleged that patients were often forced to wait from seven days to as long as a month for critical tests, risking serious deterioration of health in cases involving neurological disorders, cancers, heart ailments and trauma. "The poor patients who cannot afford private diagnostic centres are the worst sufferers. This delay has already cost many lives," he stated in his petition.