- High-tech machines, half-baked healthcare
Bhopal; Serious negligence at five government medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh, including Bhopal’s Hamidia Hospital, has exposed alarming gaps in the state’s healthcare preparedness. Despite installing state-of-the-art CT scan and MRI machines worth crores of rupees, these facilities are failing to deliver complete diagnostic services. The reason is startling: the absence of pressure injectors—essential equipment costing barely Rs 30 lakh.
Without pressure injectors, contrast-based CT and MRI studies cannot be conducted, directly affecting accurate diagnosis of cancer, tumours, heart ailments, and neurological disorders. As a result, patients are receiving incomplete or inconclusive reports and are being forced to turn to costly private diagnostic centres, increasing their financial burden.
Rs 24 crore setup, but incomplete planning
The CT and MRI facilities were inaugurated in July 2025 at a cost of around Rs 24 crore, with a single MRI machine priced at nearly Rs 18 crore. While the initiative was projected as a major healthcare upgrade, officials failed to procure pressure injectors. Medical experts term this a case of administrative negligence, revealing that the injectors were excluded from the final tender by the MP Health Corporation.
Doctors warn that without injectors, advanced machines remain underutilised, delaying treatment and undermining public trust in government healthcare services.
