प्रहरी अस्पतालको एमआरआई साढे २ वर्षदेखि थन्कियो, बिरामी निजीमा धाउन बाध्य

काठमाडौं । नेपाल प्रहरी अस्पतालमा साढे दुई वर्षदेखि एमआरआई मेसिन बिग्रिएर थन्किँदा सेवाग्राही समस्यामा परेका छन् ।

आफ्ना कर्मचारी तथा तिनका परिवारको उपचारका लागि सञ्चालन गरिएको अस्पतालमै एमआरआई सेवा बन्द हुँदा उपचारका लागि आउने बिरामी बाहिर जान बाध्य भएका छन् । साढे दुई वर्षदेखि बिग्रिएको मेसिन मर्मत नगर्दा बिरामीले सास्ती खेप्नुपरेको हो ।

करिब ८० हजार प्रहरी कर्मचारीले आफ्नै अस्पतालबाट उपचार गराउँदै आएकाे छ । कर्मचारीहरुसमेत एमआरआई गर्नकाे लागि प्राइभेटमा जानुपर्ने बाध्यता छ ।

मेसिन मर्मतमा चासो नदिँदा अस्पताल पुग्ने प्रहरी परिवार मात्र नभई आम सर्वसाधारणलाई समेत समस्या भएको छ ।अहिले उक्त अस्पतालमा प्रहरी र प्रहरीकाे परिवार मात्र नभई सर्वसाधरणले पनि उपचार गराउँदै आइरहेकाे छ ।

तर उनीहरू एमआरआई गर्नकै लागि निजी अस्पताल धाउन बाध्य छन् । निजी अस्पतालमा एमआरआई गराउन महँगो शुल्क तिर्नुपर्ने बाध्यता रहेको उनीहरूको गुनासो छ ।

साढे दुई वर्षसम्म पनि मेसिन मर्मतमा चासो नदिँदा सेवाग्राही अस्पतालप्रति असन्तुष्ट छन् । अस्पतालका कर्मचारीहरूले एमआरआई बाहिर गराएर आउन सुझाव दिने गरेका छन् । मेसिन कहिले बन्छ भन्ने प्रश्न गर्दा कर्मचारीहरूले जानकारी नभएको जवाफ दिने गरेका छन् ।

अस्पतालका प्रवक्ता रामेश्वर अधिकारीले मेसिन बिग्रिएको दुई वर्षभन्दा बढी भइसकेको बताए । प्राविधिक कारणले मेसिन मर्मत हुन नसकेको उनले जानकारी दिए । उनले नेपालप्रेससँग भने, ‘साढे दुई वर्षभन्दा बढी भयो मेसिन बिग्रिएर थन्किएको । अहिले अस्पतालमा एमआरआई गर्न आउनेलाई फर्काउनुपरेको छ ।’

उनका अनुसार मेसिन मर्मतका लागि रकम विनियोजन नहुँदा समस्या भएको हो । मर्मतमा कति खर्च लाग्छ भन्ने जानकारीसमेत नभएको उनको भनाइ छ । सरकारले बजेट विनियोजन गरेपछि मात्रै मर्मत सम्भव हुने उनले बताए ।

नेपाल प्रहरीका केन्द्रीय प्रवक्ता अभि नारायण काफ्लेले पनि अस्पतालको एकमात्र एमआरआई मेसिन बिग्रिएको पुष्टि गरे । उनका अनुसार मेसिन मर्मत गर्न धेरै खर्च लाग्ने भएकाले नयाँ मेसिन खरिद गर्नु उपयुक्त हुने देखिएको छ ।

‘मर्मतमा पनि धेरै खर्च लाग्छ । त्यसैले नयाँ मेसिन किन्ने प्रक्रियामा जाने तयारी छ,’ उनले भने ।

Kathmandu. Service recipients have been facing problems as the MRI machine at Nepal Police Hospital has been out of order for two and a half years.

Patients coming for treatment have been forced to leave the hospital after the MRI service was shut down, which was meant to treat its employees and their families. Patients have been suffering as the broken machine has not been repaired for two and a half years.

About 80,000 police personnel are receiving treatment from their own hospitals. Even employees are forced to go to private hospitals for MRI scans.

The lack of interest in repairing the machine has caused problems not only for the police families who go to the hospital, but also for the general public. Currently, not only the police and their families, but also the general public are receiving treatment at the hospital.

But they are forced to go to a private hospital just to get an MRI. They complain that they have to pay expensive fees to get an MRI done at a private hospital.

The service recipients are dissatisfied with the hospital for not showing any interest in repairing the machine even after two and a half years. The hospital staff has been suggesting that they come and get an MRI done. When asked when the machine will be repaired, the staff has been saying that they do not know.

Hospital spokesperson Rameshwor Adhikari said that the machine has been broken for more than two years. He informed that the machine could not be repaired due to technical reasons. He told Nepal Press, 'The machine has been broken for more than two and a half years. Now, those who come to the hospital for MRI have to be turned away.'

According to him, the problem is due to the lack of funds allocated for the repair of the machine. He said that there is no information about how much the repair will cost. He said that the repair will be possible only after the government allocates the budget.

Nepal Police Central Spokesperson Abhi Narayan Kafle also confirmed that the hospital's only MRI machine was damaged. According to him, it would be appropriate to purchase a new machine as it would be very expensive to repair.

"Repairs also cost a lot. That's why we are preparing to go through the process of buying a new machine," he said.