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A New Diagnostic Centre in Jabalpur
Diagnostic imaging costs would be reduced by 50 per cent
for BPL patients
The Government of Madhya Pradesh has recently inked a deal with GE Healthcare
and Sanya Hospitals and Diagnostic Centre to establish a new diagnostic imaging
facility.
Under this public private partnership, GE Healthcare will help set up an advanced,
hi-tech diagnostic centre at the Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Medical College
Hospital in Jabalpur. The diagnostic center will be equipped with a GE Lightspeed
16-slice computed tomography system (CT) and a Signa HDx1.5T magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) system. Sanya Hospitals and Diagnostic Centre will invest Rs 80
million on equipment and provide trained professionals including doctors, nurses
and technicians to the medical college hospital for diagnostic imaging services
using CT and MRI. Said Hiralal Gupta, Director, Sanya Hospitals and Diagnostic
Centre, Delhi, "This partnership will create a breakthrough by reducing
diagnostic imaging costs for patients by approximately 30 per cent and by up
to 50 per cent for below poverty line (BPL) patients."
Currently, the Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Medical College Hospital has no CT
or MRI facilities, forcing patients to go to private clinics while medical students
are unable to gain practical exposure of learning new diagnostic modalities.
The diagnostic centre set up under this project will also assist medical students
at the college to undertake their thesis research.
Health Minister Ajay Vishnoi inaugurated the installation of GE LightSpeed CT
on the occasion. Said V Raja, President and CEO, GE Healthcare, India, "This
partnership envisages our vision to make advanced healthcare technology affordable
and accessible to needy patients across the country. Our ambition is to take
this model forward in the State as well as across the country, creating a wave
of transformation in the Indian healthcare industry"
Said Dr K D Baghel, Dean and CEO, Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Medical College
Hospital, "Partnering with the global and local expertise of GE Healthcare
and Sanya Hospitals and Diagnostic Centre is a natural way to develop our healthcare
capabilities in the region. We also look forward to benefiting from their technical
know-how and expertise on the academic front."
EH News Bureau
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