Media sources have revealed that there are only two tomography machines in public hospitals in Hama Governorate, after three of them recently broke down and were not maintained by the Ministry of Health.
On the “Athar Press” website, director of Masyaf National Hospital, Dr. It was reported that Maher Younes said, “There are pressures and referrals to the hospital because the CT machine is working.” Yunus warned of a malfunction of the device, since it received about 60 images a day, since it entered service 16 years ago.
The cost of a cast image in the private sector is around 180 thousand liras, and in dangerous situations, some images of the device can cost millions of liras.
In a report published by the faithful newspaper “Al-Watan”, it was stated that the central CT system was malfunctioning in many hospitals in the capital Damascus, including “Al-Mujtahid Hospital”, “Ibn Al-Nafis Hospital”, “Al-Hilal”. Hospital” and “Al-Mowasat University Hospital”.
The newspaper pointed out that the decision to “rest” and restore the machine was reversed, citing fears that the CT machine might malfunction as a result of heavy pressure, an unnamed official source at “Al-Assad” University Hospital said. to its former state, “so that justice will be achieved.”
The General Directorate of “Al-Assad” Hospital had decided to put the device to rest and not apply too much pressure due to the pressure on the device and the lack of alternatives.
