Organizing a press conference Wednesday, the institute said that it has already bought a Lunar DXA (dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry) machine from America, which will arrive here within the next seven days.
The machine measures bone density using an enhanced form of x-ray to detect bone loss and will prove especially effective for diagnosing osteoporosis--a disease that causes weakening of bones mostly in women after menopause.
The clinic claimed that Nepali patients are forced to visit Delhi, Mumbai and Bangkok for bone-density scanning for lack of the facility here.
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