Mammography machine goes defunct, sufferers undergo 

By Express News Service

BERHAMPUR: The solely mammography machine at Oncology division of MKCG Medical College and Hospital right here is out of order for final one month, sending scores of sufferers to personal diagnostic centres that are fleecing them.

The machine is used to detect early indicators of breast most cancers however sufferers visiting the premier hospital of south Odisha fail to avail free service and haven’t any possibility however to go to non-public diagnostic centres the place the check prices Rs 1,500. The sufferers a few of whom come from far-off and distant areas are additionally fleeced by brokers and the hospital employees who persuade them to get the check performed at a selected centre for a fee. 

However, Oncology division head Prof MVK Rao refused to personal duty for the state of affairs and blamed hospital superintendent Prof Santosh Mishra. The superintendent, on  the opposite hand, expressed his helplessness and stated the corporate which equipped the machine has already been apprised of the fault. He stated the corporate has been given a number of reminders to restore the machine. 

BERHAMPUR: The solely mammography machine at Oncology division of MKCG Medical College and Hospital right here is out of order for final one month, sending scores of sufferers to personal diagnostic centres that are fleecing them.

The machine is used to detect early indicators of breast most cancers however sufferers visiting the premier hospital of south Odisha fail to avail free service and haven’t any possibility however to go to non-public diagnostic centres the place the check prices Rs 1,500. The sufferers a few of whom come from far-off and distant areas are additionally fleeced by brokers and the hospital employees who persuade them to get the check performed at a selected centre for a fee. 

However, Oncology division head Prof MVK Rao refused to personal duty for the state of affairs and blamed hospital superintendent Prof Santosh Mishra. The superintendent, on  the opposite hand, expressed his helplessness and stated the corporate which equipped the machine has already been apprised of the fault. He stated the corporate has been given a number of reminders to restore the machine.