Baragwanath anaesthetic machine out of order for more than a year
That an anaesthetic machine used to prepare patients for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans has been broken for a year “is one more example of poor management” at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. The Democratic Alliance’s Jack Bloom said on Wednesday that because of this 73 child patients at the hospital have to wait up to six weeks for a MRI scan.This‚ said Bloom‚ was revealed in a written reply by Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu to my questions in the Gauteng Legislature.According to the reply‚ the children are sent to the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital for MRI scans.“This unsatisfactory situation has last for more than a year‚” said Bloom.“Surely an essential machine like this should have been ordered and delivered long ago?”He said Mahlangu “has not provided a date when the new machine will arrive”...
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