"And so we've had years of poor funding, poor quality equipment and poor solutions being offered to the poor".
Though detailed data are not available, medical imaging equipment for ultrasonography, CT scan or MRI existing in the 1990s appeared to have been on the whole both scarce and of poor quality (equipment imported second-hand).
Frequently finding broken equipment during the survey suggests poor systems for routine maintenance and repair of equipment, which has been noted as a problem in similar studies [ 39], or the purchase of poor quality equipment.
Nurses also mentioned again in 2005 their fear of infection with HIV because of the insufficient and poor-quality material and equipment in the public hospitals.
What shouldn't be happening, as I see it, are poor-quality mammograms with old equipment and review by doctors who aren't sufficiently expert.
Contamination of milk at farm level to collection centres could be attributed to handling of milk with unclean equipment, use of poor-quality water for cleaning, and the use of ineffective and inappropriate sanitation agents (Muriuki 2011; Yilma 2012).
Filming was plagued by financial problems, such as poor quality shooting equipment, confiscation of props that were not paid for, and a High Court petition against the producer which almost caused the project to be declared bankrupt.
Greater use of computers and sophisticated electrical equipment has reduced preparedness to put up with poor-quality supply, particularly in rural areas.
I sold poor-quality double glazing.
Dump poor-quality pieces, too.
Paltrow "is absolutely correct about poor-quality sleep being shown to negatively effect weight and metabolism," said Dr. Joseph Krainin, the chief medical adviser for SoClean, a company that sells equipment for sanitizing sleep apnea machines.
