A division bench of justices Shantanu Kemkar and Anuja Prabhudessai was hearing a writ petition filed by a Chembur-based cardiologist Dr Dinesh Solanki who was barred by the Brihan-mumbai Municipal Cor-poration (BMC) health officer from using the machine on the grounds that it could be misused for sex determination. Lastly, he argued that the machine used by Dr Solanki was not using the Silent Observer device in his portable machine hence the Act was not applicable to him. The BMC also forwarded similar arguments and sought four weeks to submit more arguments deterring the use of sonography machines, which the court granted..

The counsel for the central government, however, argued that the sex ratio was diminishing due to the rampant use of the sonography machines for sex determination and hence there was scope for misuse of the portable machine of Dr Solanki. The court upheld the arguments of a cardiologist that he is not like a radiologist who uses the sonography machine to determine the health of foetuses while in the womb of the mother but to ascertain the condition of the heart of patients who cannot be brought to the clinic or hospital.H. Bombay high court.In a major relief for cardiologists, the Bombay HC has allowed the use of portable ultrasonic sonography machines (USG) for cardio patients as they do not come under the purview of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) (PCPNDT) Act, 2003.

According to advocate K.However, after hearing all sides, the court granted ad-interim relief to Dr Solanki to use the portable machine and also install the silent observer device on his portable USG. Halai, who represented Dr Solanki, as per a previous HC order the ban on the use of portable ultrasonic sonography machines (USG) was applicable to doctors registered under the PCPNDT Act. He further referred to another order wherein the PCPNDT rule was applicable to only Knitting Machine Manufacturers to machines in the institutes and genetic clinics that are within the ambit of the Act.A silent observer is a device attached to the USG to ascertain and track its use

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A team from Philips company, the manufacturer of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine of civic-run Nair Hospital, visited the hospital following the death of Rajesh Maru (32), who was sucked into the MRI machine along with the oxygen cylinder on Saturday evening.The company’s engineering team has inspected the machine and submitted an initial report.

Experts from Philips company and four heads of radiology departments of civic-run Nair, Cooper, Sion and KEM hospitals met Knitting Machine Suppliers on Wednesday. The sole MRI machine at Nair is not operational since Saturday. Four days after the incident, the civic body reiterated to medical staff the safety protocols associated with such diagnostic machines whose magnetic field pulls in any metal object..The hospital has a Philips Achieva 1. They need to remove the helium to disable the machine’s magnetic field to conduct complete repair work,” he said.5t Nova dual gradient scanner.A senior doctor said, “The company’s team has examined the machine, and they have suggested the changes, but since it is a police case, we will require police’s permission to re-open it.

Philips will submit a technical report to assess damage to the machine to the BMC.”A Philips official who inspected machine said, “The repair work will start in a day or two.The company’s engineering team has inspected the machine and submitted an initial report.The team will submit a detailed report in two days as part of the ongoing inquiry.Dr Avinash Supe, a director of major BMC-run hospitals, said the civic body has put up posters about safe practices related to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans at its hospitals in the form of an advisory

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