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Medical exposition ends in positive note

STAR BUSINESS REPORT
The first ever international medical exposition in Bangladesh -- Medexpo 2003 -- ended on Sunday with huge response from the visitors, specially the medical practitioners and entre-preneursin hospital business.
Medical equipment manufacturing companies from home and abroad who participated at the three-day event got spot orders from the owners of private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centresin Bangladesh.
Officials of Braun and Company of UK, Endolap Services Limited, Romsons Scientific and Surgical Industries Ltd of India, Sunny Trading Agency of Bangladesh, Tradevision Limited of Bangladesh and C-Max Information Technology of Bangladesh said they have received orders fromlocal buyers.
Some visitors talked to the officials of participating companies and assured them of placing orders later, said Sayeed Ahmed of Sunny Trading Agency Ltd.
"As our company is an exclusive distributor and sales representative of some medical equipment companies of Germany, Switzerland, USA, Japan, UK, Canada and Denmark, we got orders for surgical instruments and other medical equipment," he said.
Les Drayton, technical manager of
UK-based Braun and Company Limited said, "We have received huge response from the people regarding our medical products."
A large number of visitors enquired about services of different participating companies and institutions including foreign hospitals and local banks who offer loans to entrepreneurs in medical business, said an organiser of the show.
He said around 10,000 people have visited the exhibition organised by Triune Exhibition and Event Management Services (TEEMS) and co-sponsored by Siemens Bangladesh Ltd, Bangladesh Private Clinic and Diagnostic Centre Owners' Association, DHL and Novo Cargo Services Ltd.
The organisers have already fixed the schedule for the next Medexpo. It will be held from October 7 to 9 next year, said one of the organisers .
President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Abdul Awal Mintoo distributed certificates among the participants of the fair at the concluding ceremony held at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel, the fair venue.
Managing Director of Siemens Bangladesh Ltd Peter E Albrich and Chairman of Medexpo 2003 Kazi Wahidul Alam were present at the function.