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Evening Standard
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Politics
Paul Cargill

Scottish patients having to rely on decades-old equipment, says Labour

Dame Jackie Baillie criticised the Scottish Government over the issue (PA) - (PA Wire)

Patients in Scotland are having to rely on MRI scanners and X-ray machines that are decades old, Scottish Labour has warned.

Figures obtained by the party through freedom of information legislation show NHS Grampian is using an MRI scanner which is 15 years old, while one of its X-ray machines is 27 years old.

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