Inauguration of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

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         A long-cherished dream of the St. Philomena’s Hospital has been fulfilled with the inauguration of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) facility by SRI. DINESH GUNDU RAO, the Honorable Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka, at the St. Philomena’s Hospital here, on September 19, 2024 evening.

         In his inaugural address, the Honorable Minister Acknowledged and congratulated the Service done by the St. Philomena’s Hospital for the State over a period of eight decades. He also added this Hospital always included the poor and the weaker sections of the society. The poor people never deprived of their treatment in this hospital. The Hospital always facilitated the quality treatment available in the hospital to help the poor patients.”

         He also added “When a patient comes to the hospital, he must be given all types of diagnosis under one roof. Hence the new MRI unit has been added to the quality facilities already available in the hospital. Due to the advance technologies, the life of doctors has become easy. Now we can diagnosis diseases more precisely and early with the help of advanced equipment and treat the diseases accordingly.”

         The inauguration of the MRI is a part of the efforts put by the Administrator Sr. Sandhya to make all the possible health facilities available in the hospital for the benefit of the poor. She also said in her welcome address that “Through the new MRI unit we have increased our diagnosis standards. We believe in quality and we do not want to disappoint any patient who comes here for the tertiary healthcare.”