Jamnagar: Agriculture Minister Raghavjibhai Patel had to be shifted from Jamnagar based government run GG hospital to Rajkot based private hospital after he suffered a brain stroke, because the Rs. 13 crore MRI machine installed last year in the GG hospital was not in working condition.

It is learnt that the MRI machine is non-functional for last over a fortnight in GG hospital. In absence of functional MRI machine in government hospital, the needy patients need to go to private centres.

Agriculture minister Raghavjibhai Patel suffered a brain stroke during ‘Gaon chale’ campaign of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was first taken to Jamnagar based GG hospital, as it was nearby. However it is learnt that due to non-functional MRI machine, he was taken to Rajkot based private hospital. DeshGujarat