‘1.03 lakh free CT scans done at nine govt. hospitals’

Vijayawada | Tuesday | 17th July, 2018

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Each CT scan costs up to ?1,516 in private hospitals, while these are provided free of charge in government hospitals. more-inThe free CT scan services being offered at nine district hospitals by the State government are yielding good results. Since May 2016, as many as 1,03,118 free CT scans were done in the State, she said. As many as 1.03 lakh people have utilised the services, according to Special Chief Secretary (Medical and Health) Poonam Malakondaiah. The CT scanning was one of the tests that was a huge financial burden on the poor..