Strict Norms For Stents and Ortho Implants Soon

Now a days so many patients have to use stents and orthopaedic implants that the Health Ministry too can not ignore the issue of its availability. Sometime back there was news of the prices being monitored and reduced (read http://bharatmahan.in/positive-news/stents-used-heart-surgery-cost-half-215). Now a government draft proposed a shelf life for medical devices. 

Medical devices such as stents and orthopaedic implants may soon come under stringent regulatory scanner. The health ministry has come up with draft medical devices rules proposing stricter norms for companies selling such medical devices to ensure quality.

Read more in this TOI report ....