Hillary Onziga, the in-charge of Radiology and Imaging at Arua Regional Referral Hospital says that the CT Scan machine has not been working for the past three weeks after it developed software malfunction, but they lack the expertise to repair it.
Arua
Regional Referral Hospital is stuck with the new Computed Tomography (CT) scan
machine, three months after it was installed.
In November last year, the hospital received the machine from the Ministry of Health
and later installed the equipment in December.
A CT scan machine is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to get
detailed images of the body for diagnostic purposes. Its normally
used to identify heart disease or abnormalities, and locate injuries, blood clots,
and other conditions such as pneumonia.
Hillary Onziga, the in-charge of Radiology and Imaging at Arua Regional
Referral Hospital says that the CT Scan machine has not been working for the
past three weeks after it developed software malfunction, but they lack the
expertise to repair it.
According to Onziga although they have informed experts at the Ministry of Health
about the challenge, they are yet to receive a response. He further notes that
they currently refer patients who need CT scan services to Gulu and Lira
Regional Referral hospitals.
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Christine Angucia, an expectant mother says that she has been struggling to
access CT service at the hospital for the past two weeks. She appealed to the
government to expedite the process of fixing the machine since she lacks
transport to go to Gulu.
“Since last
week, I have been seeking CT scan services after I was referred to the
hospital but I have not succeeded. Let the government help us to repair the machine
such that we can begin to get services here,” she said.
Zaitun Bako
who is attending to his brother notes that they are stuck at the hospital since
they lack money to do a CT scan in another facility.
Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health says that they are
aware of the faulty machine and are engaging the supplier of the CT scan
machine to fix the errors and ensure it is well calibrated.
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Records at
Arua Regional Referral Hospital's radiology and imaging department indicate that
at least 174 patients have benefited from CT scan services over the past three
months.
