The BYL Nair Hospital which didn’t have a CT scan machine for a year may finally get the equipment in January 2024. The prolonged delay in providing the CT scan facility at one of the prominent municipal hospitals in Mumbai significantly impacted the patients and their families. This has been on account of administrative lapses on the part of BMC officials, particularly the central purchasing department (CPD).

“It is coming from Japan and the vendors have said it will be delivered by January,” said hospital dean Dr Sudhir Medhekar, who was given charge of the hospital earlier this year. Another official from the hospital pointed out that the purchase of such equipment is entirely handled by BMC’s CPD. “Delay from their end has created this situation,” he said. The hospital has a demand for about 100 CT scans per day. Meanwhile, officials from the BMC’s central purchasing department were unavailable for comment.