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Pakistan to soon become self-sufficient in manufacturing of medical equipment: Fawad

September 26, 2020

Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has said that Pakistan will soon become self-sufficient in producing medical equipment.
Addressing a news conference in Lahore on Saturday, he said that a medical industrial unit will be established at Allama Iqbal Industrial City Faisalabad.
He said that 1100 ventilators are being produced monthly in the country and a vaccine against COVID-19 is expected to be available by the start of next year.
He said Pakistan is also working on local manufacturing of X-ray and dialysis machines.
He said that 30 million syringes will be manufactured locally to administer vaccine of COVID-19.

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Pakistan to soon become self-sufficient in manufacturing of medical equipment: Fawad

Pakistan to soon become self-sufficient in manufacturing of medical equipment: Fawad

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Fawad Chaudhry in his tweet said local manufacturing of all this equipment would greatly reduce medical device imports worth Rs1.4 billion, Chaudhry Fawad said. He added that we will now produce Injections, Canolas, Xray Machines, Heart stents, Dialysis machines in Pakistan.

Pakistan will now produce heart stents, x-ray, dialysis machines locally: Fawad

The zone to produce medical equipment has been established in Faisalabad Industrial Zone, the minister said.

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[Vapour]

Emphasis should also be placed on local production for life-saving medicine, as effectively all of these are imported and quite a few from India, out of necessity - this needs to change. You cannot fight the enemy when you are dependent on them.

 

[Surya 1]

Pakistan to soon become self-sufficient in manufacturing of medical equipment: Fawad

September 26, 2020

Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has said that Pakistan will soon become self-sufficient in producing medical equipment.
Addressing a news conference in Lahore on Saturday, he said that a medical industrial unit will be established at Allama Iqbal Industrial City Faisalabad.
He said that 1100 ventilators are being produced monthly in the country and a vaccine against COVID-19 is expected to be available by the start of next year.
He said Pakistan is also working on local manufacturing of X-ray and dialysis machines.
He said that 30 million syringes will be manufactured locally to administer vaccine of COVID-19.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1310077520960581633

Pakistan to soon become self-sufficient in manufacturing of medical equipment: Fawad

Pakistan to soon become self-sufficient in manufacturing of medical equipment: Fawad

www.radio.gov.pk

Fawad Chaudhry in his tweet said local manufacturing of all this equipment would greatly reduce medical device imports worth Rs1.4 billion, Chaudhry Fawad said. He added that we will now produce Injections, Canolas, Xray Machines, Heart stents, Dialysis machines in Pakistan.

Pakistan will now produce heart stents, x-ray, dialysis machines locally: Fawad

The zone to produce medical equipment has been established in Faisalabad Industrial Zone, the minister said.

arynews.tv

I will cheer Pakistan when this is done.

 

[FuturePAF]

Emphasis should also be placed on local production for life-saving medicine, as effectively all of these are imported and quite a few from India, out of necessity - this needs to change. You cannot fight the enemy when you are dependent on them.

especially considering 85% of the active ingredients come from China, and if one of gulf Arab countries is still building that $10 billion refinery in Pakistan for petrochemical products.

 

[Samlee]

Excellent News

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

Has any of Fawad Chaudry's announcements materialised so far?

Can anyone keeping a track on scientific and technological advancements shed some light on this please?

@ghazi52

 

[jamal18]

Long overdue.

 

[Patriot forever]

Has any of Fawad Chaudry's announcements materialised so far?

Can anyone keeping a track on scientific and technological advancements shed some light on this please?

@ghazi52

As quoted in the articles above Pakistan is manufacturing 1100 ventilators per month. Dialysis machines prototypes are also been tested. So he has been able to materialize his previous claim regarding ventilators. Another landmark initiative under the leadership of the federal minister, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, was of establishment of bio-technological and herbal medicinal park in Jhelum which is underway.

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[TheSnakeEatingMarkhur]

Has any of Fawad Chaudry's announcements materialised so far?

Can anyone keeping a track on scientific and technological advancements shed some light on this please?

@ghazi52

Bahi Fawad ki bongio se ikhtelaf ho sakta he but low-key he has been doing a lot of work... especially regarding agriculture and digitisation

 

[Morpheus]

Medical equipment manufacturing zone set up in Faisalabad

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Ahmed Chaudhry on Sunday announced the successful setting up of a medical equipment manufacturing zone in Faisalabad.


In a tweet, the federal minister said that the medical equipment manufacturing zone has been established on 200 acres in Faisalabad Industrial Zone.

فیصل آباد انڈسٹریل زون میں دو سو ایکڑ پر میڈیکل آلات بنانےکا زون قائم کیا ہے اس سے 1.4 ارب ڈالر کی میڈیکل آلات کی امپورٹس جو ہم کرتے ہیں بہت کم ہو جائیں گی، سرنج، سوئیاں، Canolas, Xray Machines, Heart stunts , Dialysis machines ہم پاکستان میں بنائیں گے, اگلا زون سیالکوٹ ہو گا
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) September 27, 2020

“This zone will focus on manufacturing syringes, needles, canolas, x-ray machines, heart stunts, dialysis machines etc. The local manufacturing of all this equipment would reduce medical device imports worth Rs1.4 billion,” the minister said.

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