HYDERABAD: Gandhi Hospital will receive equipment worth Rs 22 crore, announced Health Minister T Harish Rao as he inaugurated the new CT scan machine at the hospital. The CT scan machine worth Rs 2 crore will ensure that patients don’t have to go outside for diagnostic tests. The hospital will also shortly be getting an MRI scan machine worth Rs 12.5 crore and a cath lab worth Rs 6 crore in the next two months, he said.
“We have planned to provide equipment such as the cath lab both in Gandhi and Osmania. Heart patients can head to the lab and get a proper diagnosis and treatment for their diseases,” said Harish. A Mother and Child Hospital will be attached to Gandhi Hospital to cater to high-risk pregnancy cases. This will have 200 beds and will be set up in the next six months.