Nair hospital's MRI facility has been suspended and it's referring patients to other civic hospitals

One accident has exposed how poorly equipped our civic hospitals are — the death of a 32-year-old at Nair hospital on Saturday after being pulled into an MRI machine has resulted in the facility being suspended, the machine sealed, and patients referred to KEM Hospital. The city's biggest civic hospital, however, has a waiting list of seven months for the scan, and hence, is referring emergency cases to Bhagwati, Shatabdi and Sion hospitals, or directing patients to private labs. Out of 16 peripheral hospitals, only two have MRI facility.