Traumacon 2014 – April

The Arab Health medical exhibition was held in Dubai from 27th to 30th Jan 2014. Dynamic Techno Medicals’ stall was in the new Zabeel 4 hall. From its beginnings in 1975, the show has become a lare and extremely important forum for medical device manufacturers and customers.  This year, there were almost 4000 stalls and more…

As per an article in Deccan Chronicle, the Kerala State Government plans to have an Standard Operating Procedure for prescription of antibiotics. This is to ensure that narrow-spectrum antibiotics are tried before broad-spectrum ones, based on grading of patients on the seriousness of their infections. This will prevent the development of antimicrobial resistance. Already, the…

“Missing Microbes – How Antibiotics can do Harm” – by Dr. Martin J. Blaser – published March 2014 Dr Blaser is a professor of medicine and infectious diseases at New York University. Some points from the book – 1. Increasing resistance due to rampant abuse of antibiotics 2. Benevolent bacteria are killed as well by…

The Government is trying to pass the Disabilities Bill in the winter session of Parliament. In 1997, India became the 7th nation to ratify the UNCRPD  (United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities). This shifts disability from a medical perspective to a human-rights approach. This includes disability in seeing, hearing, movement and mental…

Dynamic Techno Medicals participated in the Indian Orthopedic Association Conference (IOACON) at Agra from 3rd to 8th December. The event was a great success with about 150 stalls and 2500 participants. The organizing secretary was Dr Sanjay Chaturvedi.

Smith and Nephew buys out Sushrut-Adler, a leading Indian manufacturer of orthopedic implants and instrumentation. This reflects the trend in the pharmaceutical industry of MNCs buying out Indian companies.