Civic officials confirmed that a tender will soon be floated to allow patients to access MRI scans at private diagnostic centres at BMC-approved rates while the hospital’s MRI machine is under repair. This move is expected to reduce the current six-month waiting period for MRI scans

Municipal officials have assured significant improvements in patient services at Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-run King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital within the next 15 days, including the establishment of 10 new registration counters and empanelment of private magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) centres at civic-approved rates, reported PTI.

The century-old KEM Hospital, located in Parel, is one of Mumbai’s largest medical facilities, catering to thousands of patients daily from the city and acros

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