MUHIMBILI National Hospital's (MNH) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) equipment has broken-down since August 24, 2016 due to power blackout.
Philips technicians in collaboration
with their MNH counterparts began searching the possible side effects
after power blackout and changed all the 31 batteries, according to MNH
Public Relations Officer John Stephen “Even after changing the batteries
to increase efficiency, technicians later on observed that the gradient
module device was broken," he said, noting that MNH management has
suspended MRI tests pending maintenance.
MRI is a test that uses a magnetic field
and pulses of radio wave energy to make pictures of organs and
structures inside the body.
In many cases, MRI gives different
information about structures in the body than can be seen with an X-ray,
ultrasound or computed tomography (CT) scan. On a normal day, the one
MRI equipment at the MNH serves between 10 and 15 patients.
The machine however has often been
broken even after President John Magufuli's surprise visit to the
national referral hospital last year. The machine had as of February
2016, served 2,200 patients.
On the other hand, Mr Stephen stated in a
communiqué to the media that technicians of Philips, which was
commissioned to conduct services of the machines, have started the
procurement of the device from the Netherlands.
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