JAMMU, March 10 -- Taking serious note of dysfunctional MRI and CT Scan machines in major Government hospitals of Jammu, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the delay in procurement of essential diagnostic equipment and impleaded the Managing Director of J&K Medical Supplies Corporation Limited as a party respondent in the ongoing suo-moto PIL and directed him to appear through virtual mode.

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Palli and Justice Rajnesh Oswal was hearing the much-publicised suo-moto PIL, Court on its own motion Vs UT of J&K, initiated on the basis of a media report published in Daily Excelsior regarding sudden stoppage of life-saving cardiac implants, stents and co...