Karachi: In the government hospitals run under the provincial health department, the valuable machinery and various biomedical equipments worth billions of rupees are lying idle.
According to the records of the health department, 11 CT scanners worth Rs 275 crore and 3 MRI machines worth Rs 150 crore are also damaged in government hospitals of Sindh. The expensive robotic machine procured at Sindh Government Qatar Hospital Orangi Town at a cost of Rs.28 crore is also inactive till date.
In 2011, this machine was ordered in the name of treating patients in the hospital, while various doctors and technicians were sent abroad for training at the government expense to operate this machine, yet no surgery could be done with the robotic machine.
According to the sources, the important parts of the robotic machine are damaged, due to which the machine could not be activated for many years, while the 20 crore rupees calethotripsy machine, which breaks kidney stones through radiation, could not be installed in the hospital till date. And still the machine is inactive.
In this regard, Dr. Atiq Qureshi, MS of Liaquatabad Hospital, said that this machine was ordered 10 years ago and this machine was to provide treatment facilities to kidney stone patients in the kidney disease unit of the hospital. 2 months ago I am collecting information about lithotripsy machine.
He confirmed that this machine is present in the official documents of the hospital but till date this machine has not been used. According to the information of Express Press, 2 orthopedic machines used in operation theatre, 1 CT scan machine, 1 laparoscopic leaf extraction machine and 4 dialysis machines are damaged in Liaquatabad Hospital, while 2 incubators that provide the desired temperature for children are also damaged. while the Sindh Government Liaquatabad Hospital has allocated Rs 8 lakh 23 thousand for the repair of medical machinery and equipment in 2023-24.
Meanwhile, in the Sindh Government Korangi Hospital, the print extraction part of the city scan machine is broken, the echocardiogram machine is broken, the X-ray machine and 2 ventilators are also not in use, while in the current financial year 2023-24, 2 23 thousand rupees have been allocated, despite this, most of the medical equipment of the hospital is in bad condition.
According to the management sources of the hospital, a biomedical engineer has not been appointed in the hospital, similarly, a bioengineer and a biotechnician have not been appointed in the Sindh Government New Karachi Hospital. are lying
Sindh Government New Karachi Hospital has allocated 13 lakh 39 thousand rupees in the budget of 2023-24 for the repair of equipment and machinery. Sindh Government Ibrahim Hydari Hospital which is under the supervision of People’s Primary Health Care, this hospital also has many medical equipments in daily use, the x-ray machine of the hospital is broken day by day, the hospital has only OPD facility.
A generator of 250 kilowatts was ordered 15 years ago for the Roll Health Center under the District Health Office of Kemari district, the cost of which was said to be Rs. Transferred to
In this regard, on inquiry from District Health Officer Dr. Tayyab Imrani, he said that the generator was moved to the municipal warehouse on suspicion of being out of order, but the generator could not be installed yet, similarly Landhi Medical Complex Hospital, Abbasi Hospital, Sindh Government Ibrahim Haidari There are no qualified technicians to repair the small electronics and other medical equipment in the health centers run under the district health centers including hospitals.
In these health centers, staff are not available to repair EGC, ultrasound, sonologist technician, blood pressure monitors and other biomedical equipment, while in many government hospitals in Karachi, there are also no biomedical engineers for electronic medical equipment. In case of malfunction of medical equipment in these hospitals, these equipments are declared unusable and sold to the preferred firm.
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