Gurdwara Bangla Sahib in Delhi to start MRI scan at just Rs 50, 'cheapest' diagnostic facility to kick off in December

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New Delhi: The country's 'cheapest' diagnostic facility will start functioning at the Gurdwara Bangla Sahib Delhi in December and an MRI here will cost just Rs 50, according to the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC).

A dialysis centre is also being set up at the Guru Harkrishan Hospital in the gurdwara premises. A dialysis procedure will cost only Rs 600, DSGMC president Manjinder Singh Sirsa said.

Diagnostic machines worth Rs 6 crore were donated to the hospital. These include four machines for dialysis, and a machine each for ultrasound, X-Ray and MRI, he said.

India’s"cheapest" diagnostic facility to start functioning at Gurdwara Bangla Sahib in December and an MRI here will cost just Rs 50 pic.twitter.com/PEcMdW3stE — #Istandwithfarmers Manjinder Singh Sirsa (@mssirsa) October 4, 2020

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) services will be available for the needy for just Rs 50. For others, an MRI scan will cost Rs 800. A committee of doctors has been set up to decide who needs a concession, Sirsa said.

Notably, an MRI costs at least Rs 2,500 in private laboratories.

People from lower-income groups will be able to get an X-Ray and ultrasound done for just Rs 150.

Setting up the state-of-the-art advanced MRI, X-ray and ultrasound machine at Gurudwara Sri Bangla Sahib to provide services to people at just ₹50
Facility to be operational from December. pic.twitter.com/zlTBfnYJQI — #Istandwithfarmers Manjinder Singh Sirsa (@mssirsa) October 3, 2020

The machines are being installed and the diagnostic centre will be operational in the first week of December. These will be the most affordable diagnostic services in the country, Sirsa said.