Bir Hospital CT Scan Services Halted for a Month Due to Machine Malfunction

Kathmandu. Services have been shut down for a month after both CT scan machines at Bir Hospital broke down. Patients are forced to go to the Trauma Center and private hospitals due to the disruption of CT scan services, which are considered important for disease diagnosis.According to the hospital, one machine is irreparable, while the other, though functional, has been out of order for a month.About 70 people used to get CT scans daily at Bir Hospital. While CT scans here cost between two thousand five hundred and six thousand rupees, patients are now forced to pay between five thousand...