------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre Ph:2252660 Website: www.goadesc.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Press Clippings on the web: http://www.goadesc.org/mem/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------- 40-50% prefer MRI scans outside Goa -------------------------------------------------------------- Doctors have estimated that 40-50 per cent of the patients carrying out Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans go out of the State to do so, despite Goa having a govt recognised MRI scan centre.
Dr Prateek Gehlot, radiologist at the Saida MRI Scan Centre, Bambolim estimates that for a state with Goa's population, there should be around 8-10 patients carrying out MRI scans everyday.
However, the only MRI Scan centre in Goa, the Saida Centre sees an average of 4-6 patients per day. This is despite the centre being recognised by the Goa Govt under the Mediclaim scheme.
The doctors here say that a reason for this could be habit - where people are used to going out of Goa for this facility. Doctors too could be more comfortable advising their patients to go out of Goa.The MRI Scan Centre has has seen over 2,000 patients, of which 5-10% are foreigners.
According to Dr S V Sawant, Director, "in many nations, the waiting list for a MRI scan is very long and it takes a few months to get the scan done. It is very expensive, so foreigners prefer to have the scan done here."
The centre has seen around 100 patients under the Mediclaim scheme since October, when the govt recognised the centre. Roughly 40% of its clientele are patients referred by GMC, while NUSI Apollo refers around 10-15% of the patients. Dr Sawant says the Saida scanner has advantages over the CT scanner as better details of various organs of the body are available and there is no radiation hazard as in case of CT scans where the patient is exposed to x-rays. --------------------------------------- HERALD 13/5/04 page 3 --------------------------------------
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