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There are renewed concerns this morning about the lack of a functioning CT scanning machine at the major corporate area public hospitals.
Patients at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), say the situation has forced them to incur up to $25,000 to get scans done at private medical institutions.
To compound the problem, they say up to yesterday only one ambulance was available to transport several of them to private facilities to have the scans done.
As a result some patients missed their appointments, while others had to wait for several hours to be picked up and transported back to the hospital.
Contacted last night, the health minister Ruddy Spencer directed our queries to the UHWI CEO, Dr. Trevor McCartney.
However, we were not able to reach Dr McCartney by phone or the permanent secretary in the health ministry, Dr Jean Dixon.
CT scans provide more detailed medical examination than ordinary X-rays and allow doctors to inspect internal body systems without having to perform a surgical operation.
Only recently, the finance ministry approved US$600,000 or about J$50 million to repair the CT scanning machines at the Kingston Public and the Cornwall Regional hospitals.
http://go-jamaica.com/news/read_article.php?id=22742
Patients at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), say the situation has forced them to incur up to $25,000 to get scans done at private medical institutions.
To compound the problem, they say up to yesterday only one ambulance was available to transport several of them to private facilities to have the scans done.
As a result some patients missed their appointments, while others had to wait for several hours to be picked up and transported back to the hospital.
Contacted last night, the health minister Ruddy Spencer directed our queries to the UHWI CEO, Dr. Trevor McCartney.
However, we were not able to reach Dr McCartney by phone or the permanent secretary in the health ministry, Dr Jean Dixon.
CT scans provide more detailed medical examination than ordinary X-rays and allow doctors to inspect internal body systems without having to perform a surgical operation.
Only recently, the finance ministry approved US$600,000 or about J$50 million to repair the CT scanning machines at the Kingston Public and the Cornwall Regional hospitals.
http://go-jamaica.com/news/read_article.php?id=22742
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