CT scanner on the blink at DDU Hospital

Hundreds of patients along with their attendants are facing inconvenience at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital as the lone CT scanner has been out of order for last few weeks.

"This is the third time in less than two months when CT scanner has gone out of order. And if sources are to be believed, it is not likely to be repaired for another 10 to 12 days," said an official.

As many as 80 to100 CT scans are conducted everyday. But now patients are being referred to the nearby hospital or private diagnostic center as the machine is out of order.

An official from the hospital administration said, "While the scanner is out of order, the patients are referred to the private clinic. We are trying to ensure that no one face any inconvenience."

But the patients' attendants who are facing a lot of inconvenience differ to opinion.

"It is not easy to wheel critical patients in and out of the hospital for CT scan," rued Anuradha Kumari, attendant of a head injury patient, adding that the long wait at the DDU for scan adds to the patients and attendants' woes.

Additionally, a senior resident doctor at the emergency ward informed that in-house and casualty patients at the hospital are being referred to the private diagnostic center for the ultrasound too as the diagnostic unit closes by 6 pm every day.

Meanwhile, during a visit to the emergency ward on Friday afternoon, it was revealed that the CT scanner was being repaired.

"There is a major problem with the machine, which will not be resolved so easily. It will take many days," remarked a worker tending to the scanner.