By Editorial
The Arua Regional Referral Hospital Computed Tomography Scan has not been working for three weeks now because of a pending software upgrade.
This means patients who need diagnosis or monitoring services for conditions and diseases like cancer, heart disease, lung nodules, liver masses, muscle and bone disorders, to locate blood clots are not able to access the service.
The CT-scan is necessary to guide procedures such as surgery, biopsy and radiation therapy.
Hillary Onziga, the in-charge of Radiology and Imaging at the hospital, says the CT-Scan which was installed in December 2022 has not been functional for three weeks because they do not have the expertise to fix an operational error that needs a software upgrade.
He however said the hospital can only be on standby because the engineers have promised coming soon as the facility has been forced to refer patients to other regional referral hospitals to get the CT scan services thus, keeping their ambulances on standby whenever a consultant demands for a CT scan. END