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The government will soon open its first
‘Medical Park’ near Chennai to enable the domestic health
industry to manufacture medical equipment on a large scale.
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister
Anbumani Ramadoss said the 200-acre Medical Park will be one of
the many the Health Ministry is planning in the country.
"We are soon starting the first public
Medical Park in Chengalpattu, 40 km from Chennai. It will be a
vaccine and medical devices park,” he told reporters at the
launch of a joint venture between Trivitron, a Chennai-based
medical equipment company, and Japan's Aloka for manufacturing
high technology ultrasound equipment in India.
The Minister said currently, only 10 per cent
of health-related equipment was produced by domestic industry
and 90 per cent was imported.
"When these parks will be set up, the
domestic industry will be able to manufacture products catering
to the Indian population," he added.
Talking about the joint venture, he said such
moves will help bring down the cost of treatment.
Anbumani said he has requested the Finance
and Commerce ministries to provide subsidy for setting up such
parks.
"I want Indian and global companies to come
together to come out with medical equipment and devices which
will be first used in India and if they were manufactured in
excess, could be exported, a policy followed successfully in
China," he said. (Agencies)
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