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When Every Second Counts:
The Story Behind a Portable CT Scanner That Could Save Thousands
It started on the cold, hard floor of a government hospital.
During my internship, I remember walking into the casualty room and freezing—not because of the chill in the air, but because of what I saw: patients lying on the floor, groaning in pain, waiting endlessly for beds, tests, or even just a doctor to look their way. The most haunting part? No one was shocked. It had become normal.Later, while serving as a Junior Resident at AIIMS Guwahati — a new setup still finding its footing I saw something equally troubling. Stroke patients and road tragic accident (RTA) victims were being referred out, not because they needed a specialist, but because we didn’t have a CT scanner on-site.
That’s when the question hit me:
What if the scan could go to the patient instead of the patient going to the scan? The Birth of an Idea: A CT Scanner on Wheels
In emergency medicine, time is brain. Time is heart. Time is everything.But CT scanners are big, bulky, and confined to hospitals. So what happens when you're in a rural village? Or stuck in traffic in an ambulance with a patient who's fading fast?
That’s where my idea took shape:
A Portable, Ambulance-Fitted CT Scanner — compact enough to fit into a van, powerful enough to scan in-transit, and smart enough to connect doctors remotely in real time.
What Makes This CT Scanner Special?
World’s Smallest CT Scanner – Just 30 inches wide and 48 inches tall
Dual X-ray Tubes – Scan from multiple angles in seconds
Self-Powered – No need for hospital electricity
Live Teleconsultation – Built-in IRD system to connect with doctors anywhere
Radiation Safety – Multi-layer protection for patients and sta
Extreme Weather-Ready – With an in-built cooling and stabilization system
Sensor Suite – Monitors movement and temperature for sharp, safe imagingWhy This Matters
India loses over 50,000 lives in ambulances every year. Many of those deaths are preventable —if only diagnosis happened faster.
This mobile CT system can:
Bring scanning to rural and tribal areas
Shave o critical minutes during strokes or accidents
A Solution Born from Pain This idea wasn’t born in a lab. It was born in chaos — in the eyes of patients waiting too long, in the hands of doctors with no tools, and in the silence that followed every unnecessary referral.We’re now looking at prototyping this device, refining the safety measures, and collaborating with innovators and policymakers who believe healthcare shouldn’t have to wait.If this idea resonates with you, reach out. If you’ve ever felt helpless watching a patient from delays, know this: we can fix it.
One scan. One life. One step closer to a healthcare system that moves with the patient — not after them.
Interested in supporting this project, testing a prototype, or helping it scale? Let’s connect.
Together, we can bring diagnostics to every corner of the country — one ambulance at a time.