CAME and COCIR hold 1st joint Round Table on the Future of Refurbished Equipment in China

Mr. Meng Jianguo, CAME Secretary General, chairing this meeting, was very happy to have such a successful attendance bringing a fair representation of Chinese hospitals and universities, local leading companies as well as international companies to get an open dialogue on this important matter. Mr. Meng added that “China is investigating into ways how to build a harmonious society. Refurbishing medical equipment is important for saving resources and also protecting the

environment. In the attempt to bring newest technology at affordable costs to Chinese citizens and shape a more sustainable healthcare system, this is now the time for China to benefit from solutions already available in other parts of the world and investigate the practice of medical equipment refurbishment”. This was echoed by Mr. Lee, from the China Health and Medical Development Foundation stating that “China should benefit from organized and controlled refurbished process”.

 

All key stakeholders including regulators, users and the medical industry have to work together on solutions to build an efficient and sustainable healthcare system.

“We believe that COCIR can bring solutions and share its expertise and experience from Europe and other regions” said Nicole Denjoy, COCIR Secretary General. Healthcare Industry is convinced that they can make citizens healthier, safer and with the help of the innovative technology, increase citizen’s life expectancy. During this 1st roundtable an initial consensus was reached among the participants on the need to have an agreed established process on how to deliver safe and effective refurbished equipments.

More activity is expected to come in the near future in China on this strategic matter.

 

SOURCE: Chinese Association of Medical Equipment (CAME) and the European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR)