First World's Discarded Medical Devices Flood Indian Markets

Complaints are coming in from the developing world about medical devices being 'dumped' or 'sold at inflated prices' by first-world countries and trading companies. China led the pack, instituting a probe last year, against western and Japanese medical device makers for selling dialysis kits at exorbitant prices in comparison to indigenous versions. Recently , Uganda and Nigeria complained about poorly-calibrated, old machines being dumped in their hospitals in the name of donation.

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