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Can your cancer risk go up with CT scans? New US study says they could account for 5% of all cancer cases a year

April 24, 2025 11:23 am

Oncologist explains why there is no need to be alarmed as yet and what guardrails should be followed

Delhi HC orders repair of CT scan machines at Lok Nayak Hospital after Express report

October 29, 2024 9:36 am

The repairs have been pending after the company responsible expressed its inability to carry them out till prior payment pending with the Central Procurement Agency is cleared.

2 of 3 CT scan machines non-functional at Lok Nayak Hospital over 'pending dues'

October 27, 2024 12:43 pm

To undergo an MRI at the hospital, a patient has to wait for around 36-40 months at the OPD and 20-30 days at a ward. For a CT scan, the wait is for 7-8 months in the OPD and 10-12 days in the IPD (inpatient department).

Boost to govt-run health infra in Maharashtra: JJ Hospital first to receive mobile head CT scanners for seriously ill patients

October 09, 2024 8:08 pm

Currently, JJ Hospital operates two CT machines in its radiology department. However, technical issues often create backlogs, forcing some patients to seek scans at external facilities.

Health and Wellness: With broken CT scan machine at BYL Nair Hospital, wait for patients grows longer

October 20, 2022 5:15 pm

When The Indian Express inquired with the hospital, officials said the CT scan machine has not been working for the last week because of a technical issue. And patients will have to wait another 15 days to avail the facility, they added.

CT scan helps digitally unwrap mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I

December 28, 2021 5:46 pm

Thirty amulets or jewellery pieces made of gold, quartz, and beads were found in the mummy.

Vadodara: SSG hospital gets CT scan machine after 15 years of wait

May 29, 2021 12:50 am

In a release on Friday, the radiology department, headed by Dr Chetan Mehta, said that the CT machine, which had been damaged in the 2005 floods in Vadodara city, has finally been replaced "after a long endurance and patience of 15 years".

Now, print a 200-million-year-old dinosaur skull at home

January 15, 2018 9:03 pm

The reconstructed version of a dinosaur skull, enabled through 3D pringting, has helped researchers understand more about their bodily features and functions.

Man in China has 420 stones removed from kidney

June 10, 2015 4:19 pm

Dong told doctors that he ate a large daily diet of gypsum tofu, a local food with a high concentration of calcium sulfate.

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