Shortage of Films
CT scan service suspended at CMCH
Our Correspondent, Chittagong
The Computed Tomography (CT) Scan service of the Radiology and Imaging Department has remained suspended at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for the last seven days due to shortage of films.It is now forcing poor indoor patients of the hospital get their prescribed CT Scan done at a much higher cost outside the hospital everyday. The patients could get their CT Scan done at a cheaper rate ranging from Tk 2,000 to Tk 4,000 while they have to spend Tk 4,000 to Tk 10,000 in private diagnostic centers now, sources said. Around forty patients from different departments of the hospital used to receive the service at the radiology department every week since its formal opening on April 29, sources said. A medical technologist of the department preferring anonymity said, they informed the CMCH authorities a month ago about the shortage of the films but they took no early initiative that caused them to suspend the service.
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