Osmania Hospital: No Angiogram for heart patients since 1 year
According to doctors from Osmania General Hospital, the angiogram machine has been out of order
Hyderabad: Even as demands for a new modern building for Osmania General Hospital (OGH) are growing, the state-run healthcare centre’s existing has not been in order thanks to government apathy. From the last one-and-a-half-year, the hospital’s angiogram machine has been out of order, due to which the administration has been turning away patients.
Angiography is a procedure that can be both diagnostic and therapeutic for heart patients. It is more or less the gold standard for checking blockages in the arterial system of a human being. An angiogram machine detects blockages using X-rays taken during the injection of a contrast agent or an iodine dye. Given that Osmania Hospital is one of the main state-run healthcare centres in Telangana, lack of the machine is causing severe hardships.
According to doctors from Osmania General Hospital, the angiogram machine has been out of order from well over a year now, forcing underprivileged patients to instead get the procedure done at private hospitals. The administration had informed about the machine breaking down to the Telangana State Medical Services & Infrastructure Development Corporation (TSMSIDC)
