MRI facility starts in Tripura government hospital
Agartala (Tripura): For better health facility through advanced imaging technique of diagnosis, the Tripura government, for the first time, has started a MRI (magnetic resonance imagining) facility at the Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC) and the Govinda Ballabh Panth (GBP) Hospital.
This is the first government-run MRI facility.
Chief Minister Manik Sarkar inaugurated the MRI scanner installed in the radio-diagnosis unit of the hospital in the presence of Health Minister Badal Chowdhury and other dignitaries on Tuesday. The project costs Rs. 15 crores.
The modern diagnostics of MRI which does not cause any radiation hazard to the patients is expected to not only help in the early detection of diseases like brain stroke, tumours, musculoskeletal injuries etc but also will be helpful for the academic purpose of the medical students.
Sarkar, his cabinet colleagues and health officials reviewed the health facility available in the state after launching 30 ambulances for transporting patients to hospitals or referral hospital especially from and in the remote areas.
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