IIT Madras launches India’s first mobile medical device calibration facility
The mobile calibration facility will test medical devices across villages and help ensure accurate diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
Vagisha Kaushik | April 15, 2024 | 01:54 PM IST
NEW DELHI : The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has launched India’s first medical devices calibration mobile facility under its ‘Anaivarukkum IITM’ (IITM for all) initiatives. The calibration is a process to ensure the accuracy of medical devices for proper diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
“This mobile facility will ensure pervasive quality healthcare irrespective of geographical locations across the country. This will help to test and maintain medical devices that are used in wide range of hospitals including those in villages at their doorsteps,” said IITM in an official statement.
The mobile unit of calibration includes state-of-the-art equipment to test the safety of medical devices and their functionalities as per international standards.
IIT Madras director V Kamakoti launched the facility at the campus today in the presence of professor R Sarathi, dean (planning), professor M Anbarasu (head, CEC), professor S Ramakrishnan, faculty and students.
Highlighting the importance of this initiative, professor Kamakoti said, “Proper Diagnosis and treatment are extremely important and for that the medical devices need to be calibrated accurately and frequently. With escalating cost for calibration this effort not only reduces the cost of calibration but also the transportation cost and time required. This is a progressive step towards affordable, scalable, quality health care for all.”
The facility launched at the institute is first-of-its-kind in the country and aims towards providing an affordable quality calibration of medical devices which in-turn will enable accurate diagnosis and treatment of diseases, the institute said.
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