Skaneateles Falls, NY
Welch Allyn, a leading global manufacturer of frontline medical products and solutions, today announced that it has partnered with BPL Healthcare to provide easy access for medical practitioners, hospitals and the public health system in India to state-of-the-art products, world-class service and localized training programs. Under the terms of the memorandum of understanding (MOU), BPL Healthcare will serve as a Welch Allyn Master Distributor, putting the company closer to its prospective customers and better positioning it to provide innovative products that meet the growing needs of healthcare professionals in that part of the world.
"BPL Healthcare has one of the most comprehensive service and delivery systems in India," said Con Hickey, senior vice president, Asia Pacific, at Welch Allyn. "The strategic alliance between Welch Allyn and BPL provides us with a tremendous opportunity to tap into a ready and reliable network to support sales, service and logistics for our products. It will allow us to further broaden our reach in a country that has one of the largest and fastest growing healthcare sectors in the region."
Primary healthcare is the cornerstone of any healthcare delivery system. Early diagnosis and prevention of diseases can dramatically reduce morbidity and mortality. Unfortunately, most primary healthcare centers in India remain ill-equipped. This strategic partnership also led to the joint development of the e-Clinic-a state-of-the-art primary healthcare center or family health clinic that uses world-class diagnostic instruments. The e-Clinic will have facilities for general health check-ups and will be equipped with all Welch Allyn-made frontline diagnostic products and BPL-made imaging products. It will also serve as a training center for doctors, medical students and nurses on the use of such equipment. Over the next few years, the e-Clinic will be replicated in different regions of the country. The primary goal of the e-Clinic will be to propagate the concept of a modern, well-equipped clinic which will also serve as a guideline for doctors to set up their own clinics. The clinics will be telemedicine-enabled in the future.
On the occasion of signing the MOU with Welch Allyn, Mr. Ajit Nambiar, chairman and managing director of BPL Ltd., said "BPL's focus on diagnostic products for the point of care will only drive healthcare costs down and make modern healthcare facilities available to the masses." On launching the e-Clinic, Mr. Nambiar said "such a show-and-tell demonstration facility will showcase global trends of a greatly empowered and connected General Practice (GP) clinic. The e-Clinic will represent a new paradigm as an integrated point-of-care or primary healthcare center."
BPL Healthcare was established in 1967 as a division of the flagship BPL Ltd., manufacturing diagnostic medical equipment. It is one of India's pioneering organizations that has design, development and manufacturing capabilities for diagnostic medical devices such as electrocardiographs, vital signs monitoring systems, defibrillators, etc. with manufacturing facilities in Bangalore, Palakkad, and a nationwide sales, distribution and service network.
"Our main objective in this collaboration is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of primary-level diagnosis within a healthcare infrastructure that is heavily under-resourced," said Vijay Simha, chief operating officer of BPL Healthcare. "By partnering with Welch Allyn we can provide reputable frontline diagnostic equipment to providers in India and bring about synergies that can help other emerging countries in Asia address their specific healthcare needs-and they are quite different from those of more developed and less populous countries."
Welch Allyn and BPL also plan to launch an advocacy program to eliminate the use of mercury from medical devices in India. Mercury, one of the world's most ubiquitous and potent heavy-metal neurotoxicants, has been an integral part of many medical devices, most prominently thermometers and sphygmomanometers. These devices routinely break or leak, adding to the global burden of mercury in the environment and exposing healthcare workers to its acute effects. The healthcare sector around the world is moving to replace mercury-based medical devices with affordable, accurate and safer alternatives.
"General physicians can play a very significant role in the healthcare of the country where the greater part of the population remains untouched by the developments in medical sciences," added Simha. "With the focus that is being brought in by the BPL and Welch Allyn partnership, the ubiquitous GP will have better access to safer, more reliable diagnostic devices and services. With our Pan-India reach, we hope to bring at least 25,000 new doctors into our fold every year."
About BPL Healthcare
BPL's involvement in medical care instruments began in 1969 with the introduction of a single-channel electrocardiograph. Today, BPL has the highest share of ECGs in the country with an installed base of more than 100,000 units. The high standards set early in the founding years by the Healthcare Business Group have become the benchmark of success for all our business groups today. Designed and manufactured to international standards of accuracy, reliability and performance, these healthcare products have placed BPL on top of the medical electronics market in India. The range of products includes patient monitoring systems, central nursing stations for cardiac monitoring, defibrillators, stress test systems, nebulizers, oxygenerators, ultrasound scanners, fetal monitors and dopplers. Backed by a strong sales and service network, BPL Healthcare is committed to bring new products and solutions at affordable cost to the Indian healthcare community. Visit www.bpl.in for more information about BPL Healthcare.
Über Welch Allyn:
Gegründet im Jahre 1915 und mit Hauptsitz in Skaneateles Falls, NY, USA, ist Welch Allyn einer der weltweit führenden Hersteller für fortschrittliche medizinische Diagnostikinstrumente und einer umfassenden Produktpalette an digitalen und Connectivity-Lösungen. Mit 2.500 Mitarbeitern in 26 Ländern ist Welch Allyn darauf spezialisiert, Ärzte und Pflegepersonal auf der ganzen Welt dabei zu unterstützen, die bestmögliche Patientenversorgung zu gewährleisten, indem das Unternehmen innovative Produkte, neueste Technologien und Spitzenlösungen produziert, mit denen mehr Patienten behandelt, mehr Krankheiten diagnostiziert und mehr Leben verbessert werden können. Weitere Informationen über Welch Allyn und das Angebot an Connectivity-Produkten und ‑Lösungen, finden Sie unter www.welchallyn.com.
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