AP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu held a meeting with medical equipment manufacturers of India at Andhra Bhavan in New Delhi. He invited them to set up manufacturing units in the state. He said that his government is ready to allocate 300 acres of land at Visakhapatnam for this purpose. He explained them about the scope for exporting from the commercial sea port, if they set up their units at Visakhapatnam. However, he promised them to provide land and other infrastructure even if they choose some other place in the state. He said that his government will announce a special policy for setting up this medical equipment manufacturing units in the state.

Mr. Nath, convener of Medical Equipment Manufacturers positively responds to Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s invitation. He said, “We are keen to set up our units in AP state also. Currently, there is a huge market for medical equipment in our country, but hardly we meet 22 per cent of the demand because of the high production costs and many other factors. Hence we depend on imports rather than manufacturing on our own, although we have enough skills. I appeal the AP Government to set up a common facility for device testing in the same hub.