A senior health official flagged the lack of an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) machine in the general hospital in Maharashtra`s Gadchiroli district during the visit of Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Ambadas Danve on Monday.

Senior Surgeon Anil Rudey told Danve the general hospital is the biggest health facility in the backward district, which also has areas afflicted by Maoist violence, and patients need to be referred to Nagpur and Chandrapur, which is a drain on resources.