Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad, commissioned the first 16-channel, 1.5T high definition-extended (HDx) MRI system with motion correction technology, in south Asia on Wednesday. | |
| "The HDx MRI system is much faster and the procedure requires just half the time," N Vijaya Bhaskar, director (radiology services), Yashoda Hospital, told mediapersons. |
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| Inaugurating the Rs 5-crore MRI system, minister for revenue, rehabilitation and relief Dharmana Prasada Rao said the state would launch an insurance coverage scheme for all lower-income families in Ananthpur, Mahabubnagar and Srikakulam districts on February 24. |
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| "The scheme offers insurance coverage of Rs 2.5 lakh for an individual who holds a white ration card, and we plan to extend the scheme to other parts of the state after assessing the response to it in the three districts," he said. |
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| While lauding the initiatives being taken up by the Yashoda group, the minister appealed to the management to consider setting up a hospital at the Health City, an initiative of the state government at Adarshnagar in Visakhapatnam to promote health tourism. |
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