In 10 government hospitals, repair of equipment that has not been used for 4-5 years, if new ones had to be bought, would have cost more than 240 million rupees
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The National Innovation Center has repaired 484 equipments that have been stored for a long time due to breakdowns in various government hospitals. The equipment worth about 243 million has started to be used after repair.
The center has repaired 36 ventilators, 23 dialysis machines, 7 anesthesia machines, 10 video x-ray machines and 8 autoclave machines at minimal cost. 18 blood pressure monitors, 30 ECG machines and 55 patient monitors have also been put into operation after repairs.
Dental and surgical equipment, blood plasma separation lab equipment, ICU/CCU equipment has also been repaired. The center has also repaired the machines including Wati Light/Table, Infusion Pump, ICU/Patient Bed, Microscope, Syringe Pump, Infusion Pump, Defibrillator used to bring the heart to a normal rhythm.
Innovation Center has repaired the equipment of Shahid Gangalal National Heart Disease Center in Kathmandu, Bir Hospital, Kanti Children's Hospital, Shahid Shukraraj Tropical and Communicable Disease Hospital, Patan Mental Hospital, Bheri Hospital in Nepalgunj, Narayani Hospital in Birgunj, GP Koirala National Respiratory Treatment Center in Tanahun, Bharatpur Hospital in Chitwan and Karnali Institute of Health Sciences in Jumla. Those devices were purchased from China, America, Germany, India, Korea, Netherlands and other countries. Health Minister Pradeep Paudel and Chairman of Innovation Center Mahavir Pun signed an agreement last August for maintenance and management of equipment of 17 federal hospitals. After the
agreement, the team of biomedical engineers of the center conducted a detailed examination/test of 660 equipment stored in the warehouse of the hospital and prepared a report. Among them, 176 equipments are yet to be repaired because they need spare parts.
The Ministry of Health or the related hospital provided the spare parts and the center said that they can be repaired immediately and the machine can be put into operation. Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Dr. Prakash Budhathoki said that hospitals that need spare parts for equipment maintenance can provide them if they request a budget. "If the parts have to be brought from abroad, importation can be facilitated," he said, "If there is a situation where it is not possible to get parts in the market, we will give instructions to auction."
Director of Sahid Shukraraj Tropical and Communicable Disease Hospital. Yuvanidhi Basaula informed that the report of spare parts equipment has been recently submitted by the engineer of the innovation center. "We will hold a meeting on this matter and find a solution soon," he said. A team of 20 engineers under the leadership of biomedical engineer Umesh Kirati of the center repaired the equipment of the hospitals.
According to Kirati, a biomedical engineer, some items were left unrepaired despite common problems. Machine power supply and damaged batteries were found to be stored without repair. Some of them were closed due to the wires cut by rats,'' he said, 'We have made some spare parts such as baby warmers and door locks and repaired some machines by ourselves.'
In some hospitals, patients suffering from chronic and fatal diseases had to suffer a lot to get treatment when the machines stopped working. Patients were forced to go to private hospitals without getting ICU, ventilators and paying expensive fees. Hospitals have reported that the patients have been relieved when the damaged goods were restored. Hospital officials say that the main reason for not repairing the equipment when it breaks down is the commission on purchasing new equipment.
According to the Innovation Center, there is also a problem of non-repair of hospital equipment due to lack of biomedical engineers. The Innovation Center has now prepared to repair broken equipment in hospitals including Patan Institute of Health Sciences Lalitpur, National Trauma Center Kathmandu, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Rapti Institute of Health Sciences Dang.
