According to Dr Avinash Supe, dean of KEM Hospital, “After the second machine, the hospital will be able to provide services to 40 patients on a daily basis. Whereas, in private diagnostic centres, the cost is more than Rs 3,000.Additional commissioner of BMC, Sanjay Deshmukh, said, “All machinery is old and the hospital requires new machinery.”

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