Aurangabad, April 5:
Antigen and RTPCR tests are conducted for the
confirmation of Covid-19. Along with it advanced High Resolution CT scan (HRCT)
is also conducted for testing the Covid – 19 infection. Moreover, the doctors
and charging more fees than the fees fixed by the government for CT Scan test.
Earlieer, 1800 tests were conducted in a month in the city which has increased
to 24,000 after the advent of Corona pandemic, the sources said.
HRCT is important to know the intensity of
infection in the lungs. The condition of the patient is evaluated from the HRCT
score from 1 to 25 in the report. The HRCT tests are being conducted
extensively.
District civil surgeon Dr Sundar Kulkarni said
that even if the HRCT tests are confirmed, it is essential to conduct the
positive Corona test. Only then the patient is said to be Covid positive while
until then he is considered as SERI patient.
The Government Medical College and Hospital
(GMCH) head o the X-ray department, Dr Varsha Rote said, conducting the CT scan
test without conducting the Corona test is not proper. Such permission is not
given in the GMCH, he said.
There are 10 centres in the city under
Auangabad Radiologists Association conducting HRCT. Around 100 tests are
conducted daily in these centres. The patient is charge Rs 2000 for the test
and hence there is a transaction of around Rs 16 lakh in the city through HRCT
daily and monthly around Rs 4 crores.
Presently, around 60 percent patients
conducting the HRCT severe 1 to 8 score (mild), 20 percent 9 to 18 score
(medium), 10 percent 19 to 25 score (severe) and 10 percent 0 score (normal).
The
president of the Aurangabad Radiologists Association (ARA) Dr Sharad Kondekar
said that the centres under the aegis of the association do not charge more
money and only fees prescribed by the government is taken from the patients.
Similarly, HRCT are not conducted if not needed, he said.