The warranty of a cancer therapy device imported from China has expired as the cancer institute at Khulna Medical College Hospital is yet to begin operation.
The hospital authorities built a separate building on the premises to launch the cancer institute.
Supervisor of the hospital Dr Md Abdus Samad said the warranty of the device was valid for two to three years.
“Although it has been kept at the hospital, the supplier is still responsible for its maintenance. As we have not yet fully received it, the expiration of warranty will not be a problem,” he said.
The linear particle accelerator was imported in 2011 but the room where it was about to be installed proved unsuitable, raising the need for renovating the room.
The hospital authorities wrote to the ministry concerned several times but the renovation was not carried out due to lack of coordination between the Public Works Department and the Health Engineering Department.
“The Health Engineering Department and Khulna University of Engineering and Technology carried out a feasibility test when the Public Works Department objected. The report was submitted to the Health Ministry. The ministry is now waiting for the report of the Atomic Energy Commission,” said the hospital supervisor.