Deolali cantt hospital gets ultrasound, dialysis machines

Nashik: The Deolali Cantonment Board has received a new sonography machine and a

dialysis

unit from a good Samaritan.

The sonography machine was recently inaugurated by president of the cantonment board B Ragesh, though the unit will be put to use from next week. Senior medical officials of the Cantonment

hospital

said that the service of the

ultrasound

machine would be available on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Dr Manisha Honrao of the cantonment hospital said that the hospital had an ultrasound machine earlier and it was operational before the Covid-19 pandemic last year. However, after the outbreak of Covid -19, the hospital was converted into a Dedicated Covid Health Centre (DCHC) and the machine also developed a technical snag.

A good Samaritan of Deolali Camp recently donated the ultrasound machine and dialysis unit, which would be helpful to not only the residents of Deolali Camp but also Bhagur and 28 villages around it.

Before the Covid pandemic, around 30 to 40 patients used to come for ultrasound checking.

Rahul Gajbhiye, chief executive officer of Deolali Cantonment Board, said, “We are looking for some organization or institute to run the dialysis unit and offer the service at an affordable rate to the patients. The dialysis unit too would be of immense benefit to the residents of Deolali Camp.

Patients with non-Covid ailments have started coming the hospital from last month. After increase in number of Covid-19 patients in the second wave in March this year, the hospital was converted into a DCHC. Patients with non-Covid ailments had to go to other private hospitals or come all the way to Nashik Road at the Bytco hospital or Nashik civil hospital in the city.