Assembly Panel Slams Misuse of MRI, CT Scans in Govt Hospitals

The Legislative Assembly Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Schedule Casts and Other Backward Classes has said that the state's government hospitals are not using their CT scan, ultrasound, MRI, and other equipment properly and are being given to private labs.

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MLA AR Krishnamurthy, the committee chairman, raised this issue while presenting the committee report in the Legislative Council on Friday.

The government has provided equipment worth crores of rupees for the treatment of poor patients. These are available in several major district and taluk hospitals. The report said the hospitals were not using them to treat patients.