With the aim of providing health services at affordable rates, Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla inaugurated the MRI Test Service Centre at JP Hospital on Wednesday. With this, the JP Hospital has become the first district hospital in the state to offer MRI scan facility.
Shukla said that MRI test service will soon be launched at government-run health facilities in Ujjain, Indore, Gwalior and Jabalpur. The services will be available to the public at 30% less than the CGHS rates. Moreover, Ayushman Bharat Yojana beneficiaries can avail themselves of the services free of cost.
The Dy CM said that under the guidance of PM Narendra Modi, unprecedented changes have been made in the health sector in the country. The improvements in the state’s health services are being undertaken keeping the present need and future challenges in view. Shukla informed that the work on Cath Lab and cardio related services at JP Hospital will be completed by March. This will enable the medical facility to offer advanced procedures such as angiography, angioplasty, heart transplants, and bypass surgeries, he said, adding that a a 100-bed cardio treatment unit also will be established.
Minister of state for health department, Narendra Shivaji Patel said that an MRI facility has been established at the cost of Rs 10.50 crores. The unit has capacity to undertake scanning of 80 patients per day and offers minimal wait times and accurate reporting. The minister also informed that recruitment of more than 46,000 posts in the health department is being undertaken. Free Press Journal