It has been revealed in the meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Health that there is no MRI machine in any government hospital in Islamabad.
In the meeting, PIMS officials said that MRI machine could not be installed in PIMS Islamabad due to non-opening of LCs, since February 2001, MRI facility is not available in the hospital.
Dr. Ayesha Isani says that MRI machine magnet has been ordered for PIMs.
He said that because the LC of 63 thousand dollars was not opened, the MRI machine could not be installed, the chiller and generator for the MRI machine have to be ordered from outside.
The members of the Senate Standing Committee on Health expressed their anger on the performance of the Federal Ministry of Health.
The standing committee also expressed indignation over the continuous absence of Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel and Health Secretary.
Due to the absence of the health minister and the secretary, the meeting of the committee was adjourned till Monday.
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