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X-ray machine not working for last six days
The X-ray machine at the 200-bed Al Qasimi Hospital is not functioning for the past six days, Gulf News has learnt.
- By Bassma Al Jandaly, Staff Reporter
- Published: 12:31 November 11, 2008
Sharjah: The X-ray machine at the 200-bed Al Qasimi Hospital is not functioning for the past six days, Gulf News has learnt.
A source said, "We are sending our patients who need an X-ray to Al Kuwait hospital in Sharjah," the source said.
"Unfortunately, there was no power at Al Kuwait Hospital and the patients could not get their X-ray done."
He said that this is not the first time the X-ray machine at Al Qasimi Hospital had broken down.
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