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LNJP Hospital Gets Rs 40 Crore Machines to End Long Patient Wait Times
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News18•16-10-2026, 15:14
LNJP Hospital Gets Rs 40 Crore Machines to End Long Patient Wait Times
- •LNJP Hospital has installed new machines worth approximately Rs 40 crore to reduce massive waiting periods for diagnostic tests.
- •Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh inaugurated a 3-Tesla MRI machine and a dual-source 256-slice CT scanner.
- •The new advanced equipment will double daily scans, allowing 80 to 100 MRI scans and around 300 CT scans per day.
- •All diagnostic tests performed using these new machines will be completely free for the residents of Delhi.
- •Advanced features like faster imaging and patient comfort technologies will help in the early detection of serious illnesses like cancer, heart, and brain disorders.
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A 3-Tesla MRI machine and a dual-source 256-slice CT scanner, costing approximately Rs 40 crore, have been installed at LNJP Hospital under the CSR program of Indian Oil Corporation Limited.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh inaugurated the new machinery at the hospital on Thursday.
The new equipment will double the daily capacity of MRI and CT scans, increasing MRI scans from 30-40 to 80-100 and CT scans from 150 to around 300, which reduces patient waiting times by more than half.
