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Article: Health: JPMC plans to set up digital radiography department.
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- PPI - Pakistan Press International
- Article date:
- February 21, 2005
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Karachi, February 21 (PPI): The Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) will convert its Radiology Department (RD) into Digital Radiography Department (DRD) by replacing its old equipment at a cost of Rs 39 million. For the purpose, a PC-1 is being finalized that soon it would be submitted to the Ministry of Health, Islamabad in the mid of March for approval. This project will be completed in 12 months, said Dr. Tariq, Head of Radiology Department, JPMC on Monday. Talking to PPI, he said objective to upgrade the department was to provide diagnosis at the earliest possible stage of disease at a minimum possible cost. "At present, the department is cosuming more than 0.14 ...