Overview
- The BMC will float a tender within a week for private centres to conduct MRI scans for KEM patients at civic‑approved rates until the hospital’s machine is operational.
- Patients have faced months‑long MRI downtime at KEM with waits of up to six months, prompting interim outsourcing to curb delays and costs.
- Ten new registration counters and three elevators are slated to go live within 15 days, with a new pathology lab offering more than 125 tests to follow.
- A full‑time dean is to be appointed at Cooper Hospital within a week to restore administrative stability as an internal inquiry continues.
- Officials ordered a two‑year buffer of essential medicines with expedited procurement, and a citizen vigilance committee under Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha will monitor services and grievances.