‘Ban pre-owned medical devices import’
Requesting Centre for scrapping official memorandum (OM) permitting the import of pre-owned medical devices, AiMeD expresses dismay over Ficci’s support to MNCs and terms it as ‘Un-Make in India’ drive
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New Delhi In an unprecedented move, India’s leading industry body Ficci’s Medical Devices Division joins hands with forces inimical to the Make in India drive of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, giving a body blow to domestic manufacturers of medical devices and equipment, which have urged the Central government to withdraw the official memorandum (OM) permitting the import of pre-owned medical devices.
“Nothing could have been worse than what Ficci Medical Devices Division is doing at the behest of MNCs lobby. Much to our dismay and disappointment, Ficci Medical Devices Division is working against the interest of domestic medical devices manufacturers. Its ‘Un-make in India’ campaign amounts to bulldozing the Make in India dream of PM Narendra Modi,” said Rajiv Nath, Forum Coordinator Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AiMeD).
