Dhaka, May 21 -- Two cath labs for conducting angiograms and angioplasty or stenting for cardiac patients have yet to become operational five years after they were set up at Manikganj Medical College Hospital (MMCH). Authorities claim they could not use the machines due to lack of skilled personnel.

Meanwhile the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued a notice on May 8 to shift one of the two cath labs to Chattogram Medical College Hospital, said Manikganj Medical College Hospital Director Shafiqul Islam.

The news of the cath lab move has angered the residents of the district.

In the 2018-19 fiscal year, the contractor firm HTMS and in 2020-21, the Trade House supplied two cath labs to MMCH. However, a lack of a skilled worke...