An ECG machine that costs a mere Rs 25,000 and a cardiac ultrasound system that costs half the price of an imported product are some of the devices that have come out of GE's John F Welch Technology Centre (JKWTC) in Bangalore.

“By 2015, our healthymagination (an idea generating platform) goal is to significantly reduce cost and increase access to health services, touching at least 100 million lives in a new way every year, and also improve the quality of care for patients,” said Mr Sanjay M. Correa, Vice-President and Managing Director, GE India Technology Centre.

He told Business Line that the GE Centre was working on several such low-cost machines to reduce healthcare costs in the emerging economies, including in Africa.

The centre in Bangalore, the first to be located outside the US, is utilising Indian talent to the fullest for its ‘high technology risk, high pay-off' strategy, Mr Correa said.

The new MAC I ECG reader, Mr Correa said, enables the early detection of cardiac conditions through its simple, one-touch operation...............Read More

Source: Business Line