Broken MRI machine at Steve Biko Hospital
8 June 2023
Patients are suffering from late diagnosis at the Steve Biko Hospital because the MRI machine has been broken since February this year.
This is revealed by Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko in a written reply to my questions in the Gauteng Legislature.
According to the MEC, the breakdown is due to the theft of the earth cable, and “there is a severe impact on patient care, we however make use of the MRI at Kalafong hospital to assist.”
It is disgraceful that this major hospital does not have a functioning MRI. Ferrying patients to Kalafong is a poor substitute for an in-house MRI for speedy diagnosis, especially in cancer cases.