M&M-Skanray Technologies' indigenously designed ventilator fails to meet govt specs
The remainder are being produced by AgVa Healthcare (10,000), AMTZ Basic (5,650), AMTZ High End (4,000) and Allied Medical (350).
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HLL Lifecare, the government’s procurement agency, rejected the device because it did not meet the specifications set by the government, Alva said. “We designed it with a simplified interface that paramedics could operate even if there were no intensivists available, but the government wanted to follow the conventional requirement,” he said.
Mumbai: Skanray Technologies, a manufacturer of medical devices, said the government did not select an indigenously designed ventilator it developed in collaboration with Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) because the device did not meet the tender’s specifications.“M&M did not get a tender,” Vishwaprasad Alva, MD of Skanray, told ET.HLL Lifecare, the government’s procurement agency, rejected the device because it did not meet the specifications set by
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