Government hospital introduces MRI scanning
MRI scans were previously only available at the privately-owned ADK hospital in Malé. Customers often had to wait weeks for appointments.
14 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
The government-run Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) set up its first Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine on Wednesday.
MRI scans were previously only available at the privately-owned ADK hospital in Malé. Customers often had to wait weeks for appointments.
Speaking at an inauguration ceremony at IGMH, Health Minister Dr Iruthisham Adam said purchasing the state-of-the-art MRI machine cost the government MVR23 million (US$1.4 million).
The health minister said many Maldivians travel overseas for MRI scans each year and millions of rufiyaa are spent from the government’s ‘Aasandha’ health insurance scheme.
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