Raipur: Health Minister T.S. Singhdev inaugurated the state-of-the-art new MRI machine at DKS Hospital hereon Thursday. This machine of threeTesla capacity equipped with modern technologies will provide MRI facility at a very low rate of RS 1850. Patients from outside DKS hospital can also avail this facility for test reports. On the occasion of the inauguration of the new machine, MLAs Satyanarayana Sharma, Kuldeep Juneja, Vikas Upadhyay, Health Department Secretary Niharika Barik Singh and Director, Medical Education Dr. S.L. Adile was present.

Inaugurating the MRI machine at DKS Hospital, Health Minister T.S. Singhdev said that with the introduction of this machine today, people will get the facility of MRI at a much lower rate. There are very few machines in Raipur of this quality and capacity. People coming to DKS hospital, as well as patients from outside can also avail MRI facility here.

“We are constantly working to make government health services modern, accessible, cheap and better. This state-of-the-art machine installed at a cost of around 11 crores is an attempt in this direction”, he added. Singhdev also talked to the patients who came to the hospital for treatment and asked about their condition.