Jaipur: Health minister Raghu Sharma informed the assembly that a CT scan machine would be operational at the J K Lon Hospital in Jaipur soon.
He said the machine has been approved by a donor and the location has also been identified. A three-member committee has been formed to finalise the terms of the MoU, he said
The minister was replying to supplementary questions by the MLAs during Question Hour. He said that approval has been received from Dr Ajay Goenka who will donate the machine. The cost of the machine will be about Rs 2 crore. Specification and copy of MoU are also under consideration which will be decided soon, he said.
He said that a block has been identified in front of X-ray department at the hospital for installation of the machine and an approval of Rs 13.61 lakh has also been issued by the principal of the Medical College for Infrastructure. The annual maintenance contract would be done by hospital itself, he said.