PET scan at Apeksha Hospital functioning without hitch: Health Ministry

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Denying media reports that patient services at the Maharagama Apeksha Hospital have been hampered due to the malfunction of the PET scan, Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardena stressed that the PET scan is currently functioning without any interruptions.

Participating at the weekly post Cabinet news briefing at the Information Department, the Health DG said, "The use of the PET scan has not been suspended. We are performing services manually.

"The media has carried misleading information on the PET scan at Apeksha hospital. However, there has been no sabotage when the CAT scan’s power supply was affected. It is operated manually at the moment. Even at private hospitals and in India these scans are operated manually. There is no commission involved when spare parts are imported for the machine as suggested by the media. A CAT scan at the National Hospital in Colombo is also operated manually at the moment,” Dr. Gunawardana said.

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ravin Tuesday, 06 June 2023 05:19 PM

Commission earners who are behind getting down unnecessary equipment also functioning manually without a hitch.

Dee Tuesday, 06 June 2023 05:25 PM

Someone lost a chance of earning a quick buck, hence the allegations! That’s how it works public or private sector- SL has some of the most corrupt people!, from bottom to top, every sector- be it govt, public, private or even charitable NFP organizations.

MLT confessions Tuesday, 06 June 2023 06:33 PM

In some govt hospitals staff deliberately break expensive equipment so that private sector labs and hospitals get the customers apparently. bribery and corruption has spread like a cancer and it's no longer a crime limited to 226 we voted in. Sad.

Sambo Wednesday, 07 June 2023 07:22 AM

I don't think the Director general of the health services is going say a lie, but as always it you who are lying to the public.

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