Coimbatore: Health minister C Vijaya Baskar on Saturday mentioned the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) would get a high-end magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan gadget price Rs eight crore this financial yr.
Pointing out that no govt medical institution in the country has this kind of high-end MRI gadget, the minister mentioned it might be of serious help throughout mass causality.
Speaking to the media at CMCH, Vijaya Baskar mentioned the MRI gadget would fit world requirements and be on par with those in the evolved international locations.
Unlike the prevailing gadget that takes about 20 minutes to scan one from head to toe, the brand new gadget would take most effective not up to a minute to scan the entire human body, the minister mentioned. The gadget, he added, could be handed over to the CMCH this financial yr itself. “A proper announcement on this regard could be made shortly,” he mentioned.
He additionally unveiled the federal government’s plan to arrange another catheterisation laboratory (cath lab) at CMCH at a cost of Rs eight crore. “The Tamil Nadu Medical Service Corporation has recognized the place and discussions are on with the concerned officials to establish the lab,” the well being minister mentioned.
Responding to the requests made by way of the municipal administration minister S P Velumani, Vijaya Baskar mentioned computed tomography colonography (CTC) scan machines could be handed over to the federal government medical institution in Mettupalayam and Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) medical institution inside this financial yr.
Asked concerning the status of putting in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the state, the well being minister mentioned the state govt has recognized about five places and submitted reports to the Centre thru district collectors. It’s now upon the Centre to put into effect the mission,” he mentioned.
Pointing out that no govt medical institution in the country has this kind of high-end MRI gadget, the minister mentioned it might be of serious help throughout mass causality.
Speaking to the media at CMCH, Vijaya Baskar mentioned the MRI gadget would fit world requirements and be on par with those in the evolved international locations.
Unlike the prevailing gadget that takes about 20 minutes to scan one from head to toe, the brand new gadget would take most effective not up to a minute to scan the entire human body, the minister mentioned. The gadget, he added, could be handed over to the CMCH this financial yr itself. “A proper announcement on this regard could be made shortly,” he mentioned.
He additionally unveiled the federal government’s plan to arrange another catheterisation laboratory (cath lab) at CMCH at a cost of Rs eight crore. “The Tamil Nadu Medical Service Corporation has recognized the place and discussions are on with the concerned officials to establish the lab,” the well being minister mentioned.
Responding to the requests made by way of the municipal administration minister S P Velumani, Vijaya Baskar mentioned computed tomography colonography (CTC) scan machines could be handed over to the federal government medical institution in Mettupalayam and Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) medical institution inside this financial yr.
Asked concerning the status of putting in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the state, the well being minister mentioned the state govt has recognized about five places and submitted reports to the Centre thru district collectors. It’s now upon the Centre to put into effect the mission,” he mentioned.
CMCH to get MRI machine that can scan entire body in less than a minute
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