AP MedTech Zone inaugurated in Vizag Visakhapatnam: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare jointly inaugurated the AP MedTech Zone in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.
Speaking on the occasion, Chandrababu Naidu said that Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ) is a jewel in AP's crown with 240 companies to take up manufacturing medical equipment and devices.
AMTZ is India's first-ever medical devices and equipment manufacturing project. After the inauguration, the chief minister dedicated the zone to the nation.
The chief minister also inaugurated a 3-day Global forum on medical devices at the convention center of the zone. Over 250 delegates from 40 nations are attending the conference. The chief minister expressed his hope that the experts will come out with useful suggestions after the three-day conference for making advanced medical equipment services at economic prices to the common man.
Chief Executive Officer of MedTech Zone Jitendar Sharma, ministers NMD Farooq, Ch Ayyannapatrudu, Ganta Srinivsa Rao and Principal Secretary to the Health Poonam Malakondaiah participated in the event.
News Posted: 13 December, 2018
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