The CT scan machines of one of the busiest hospitals of Rawalpindi including District Headquarters and Holy Family hospitals have become out-of-order.
According to reports, due to out-of-order CT scan machines, patients are forced to have CT scan tests from private laboratories at inflated rates. The CT scan machine of District Headquarters Hospital is out-of-order for a time however, a large number of emergency cases come in this hospital on daily basis but the non-functional CT scan machine is creating hurdles on the way to their proper treatment.
A majority of them are from poor segments of society and they cannot afford the charges of CT scan machine related tests from private laboratories. On the other hand, CT scan machine of Holy Family Hospital also went out-of-order for the past two days leading to increase in miseries of patients. The citizens have demanded of the hospitals’ administration to arrange repair of these machines enabling the poor patients to get rid of loot and plunder spree of private laboratories.
