"The lockdown imposed has largely been able to minimize the community spread of the virus, however, this had also inadvertently affected the supply chain of essential medical devices as the instructions given from the central government to ensure smooth supply were not properly translated at the state authority levels," said Pavan Choudary, Chairman and Director General, MTaI
"We are thankful to the GOI led by Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) for its leadership and its unself-conscious outreach to other departments like Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) (including Invest India) and Nava Sheva customs who joined hands to ensure Customs clearances for the medical devices which were earlier stuck," he added.
"DoP and the Invest India team under DPIIT have also helped the industry resume warehouse operations of medical devices in New Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan. They have also facilitated curfew passes for essential staff for the supply of these essential products," he further stated.
With limited courier services available and restrictions on manpower movement, many medical device compes are operating with skeletal staff which is proving to be a challenge in ensuring smooth supply of medical devices to Hospitals.
There are issues at Mumbai ocean port, as well as in several cities outside the big six, which need quick resolution.
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( With inputs from ANI )