CT, MRI services resume in districts after disruption; protests erupt in some hospitals
The Hindu
CT and MRI services in Karnataka district hospitals resume after disruptions, sparking protests over access and payments.
The CT and MRI services in several district hospitals in Karnataka, which were disrupted after a private service provider halted operations, have resumed through alternative arrangements made by the State government.
The Health Department said patients would not be affected as scanning facilities have been mapped to nearby government and empanelled private institutions within the same district.
Krsnaa Diagnostics Ltd. has been providing CT scan services in 13 district hospitals and MRI services in five district hospitals under a PPP model since 2017. The company stopped services from February 18, citing non-payment of dues.
The disruption triggered protests at some hospitals, including in Kolar and Yadgir, where patients and their relatives alleged that they were left running from pillar to post for scans. At the SNR district hospital in Kolar, family members gathered on the premises demanding restoration of services.
A relative of a patient who took part in the protest said the patient has been struggling to get a scan for the last two days. “Today, they are demanding ₹6,000 for a scan. How can the poor afford it? Are government hospitals only for name sake?” he asked.
A similar situation was reported at the Yadgir Mother and Child Hospital (Old district hospital), where attendants complained of uncertainty over getting diagnostic tests done as the company has stopped service there too.
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