The Indira Gandhi Medical College(IGMC) here has become the only medical college in the country to acquire a high-tech 64-slice multdetector computed tomography (MDCT) machine.

“This MDCT machine cost Rs 6.6 crore and is the first of its kind in South Asia,” said Chief Minister P K Dhumal. This latest MDCT is capable of scanning the complete human body within ten seconds.The radiation exposure is considerably lower than the older machines,doctors said.

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Dhumal also inaugurated the first eye bank in IGMC in collaboration with the eye bank of government medical college Chandigarh.

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