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The Gandhi Hospital lacks proper equipment in many departments, including neurology, nephrology, cardiology and gastroenterology as most of them need replacement and are out-dated. As a result, patients coming for routine check-ups have to be referred to other hospitals.

Moreover, the hospital that has 1,012 beds and caters to over 900 out-patients daily, has not more than Rs 30 lakh in the Hospital Development Society Funds for replacement of equipment and has to depend on government support that is not forthcoming.

The cardiology, neurology, nephrology and gastroenterology departments are the wings that need urgent replacement of equipment. However, the heads of department (HOD) have requested the government to sanction Rs 40 crore to buy new machinery.

According to doctors at the hospital, though many patients come for simple tests and scans, they have to be referred private hospitals where charges are higher and to other better equipped government hospitals like Osmania General Hospital due to lack of equipment.

The hospital also needs dialysis machines, as most of the machines are very old. Even ventilators also need to be replaced. Moreover, the hospital does not have a CT scan machine that is essential for investigations in most departments.

According to hospital superintendent Dr C Hari Das, it is not financially feasible for the government or the hospital to replace all the dysfunctional equipment, but priority is being given to equipment that will help improve routine patient care.

Among the list that has been forwarded by the hospital management for replacement are half-a-dozen ventilators, 16 fully equipped surgical operation theatres, six dialysis machines and video endoscopes and a CT scan machine

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