{"id":402934,"date":"2018-02-21T13:29:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T13:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=402934"},"modified":"2018-02-21T16:48:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T16:48:38","slug":"broken-down-mri-machines-my-major-concern-agyeman-manu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/broken-down-mri-machines-my-major-concern-agyeman-manu\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Broken down MRI machines my major concern&#8217;- Agyeman Manu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Health has admitted to serious challenges with MRI machines in most government health facilities.<\/p>\n<p>A number of Ghanaians have complained to<strong>\u00a0Citi News\u00a0<\/strong>that\u00a0they are forced to pay exorbitant fees at private health facilities for MRI scans due to the breakdown of government-owned machines.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;HZC1ioNfc9BYS7lxS0NBxr7Fw41SBBaU&#8221;]Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, said although they are working on dealing with the challenges, he was not aware of the difficulty at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know of the situation in Korle Bu, it is my major concern. I have asked the parent company that produces the equipment to come for some testing, and they have sent me a report and I\u00a0 thought it had been fixed. I remembered saying to them that, if it was getting very bad they should find a way to refill and we will talk about it later,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that his office has admitted the challenges and is working to have the problem addressed.<\/p>\n<p>A report filed by <strong>Citi FM&#8217;s<\/strong>\u00a0Eugenia Tenkorang revealed that a\u00a0number of distressed people were turned away by Ghana\u2019s biggest health facility, the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital because the <a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/03\/korle-bu-turns-away-patients-over-faulty-ct-mri-machines-report\/\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>CT and MRI<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>scan machines have all broken down.<\/p>\n<p>These patients had no other alternatives than to go to private facilities which charge higher fees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<strong>EOCO investigates<\/strong>&#8216;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/16\/eoco-investigating-breakdown-of-mri-machines-nationwide-minister\/\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Economic and Organized Crime Office<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (EOCO),\u00a0 investigated the breakdown of MRI and CT scan machines at some five major government hospitals across the country.<\/p>\n<p>But the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, revealed that\u00a0\u201cEOCO is investigating the project that installed the MRIs in the hospitals that are not working. They have not completed their investigations so we haven\u2019t gotten any report from them yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Farida Yusif\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Health has admitted to serious challenges with MRI machines in most government health facilities. A number of Ghanaians have complained to\u00a0Citi News\u00a0that\u00a0they are forced to pay exorbitant fees at private health facilities for MRI scans due to the breakdown of government-owned machines. 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