MeitY spearheads development of two healthcare technologies to reduce reliance on imports

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) led the development of two healthcare technologies to reduce the reliance on imports, MeitY said in a statement.

Both the healthcare instruments namely, a 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner and a 6 MEV Linear Accelerator are developed with the participation of the Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER) as the implementing agency, in collaboration (MRI) with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Trivendrum and Kolkata, Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC) and Dayanand Sagar Institute (DSI).

The 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner is a non-invasive medical imaging test used to visualise soft tissues, while the Linear Accelerator (LINAC) is utilized for cancer treatment using high-energy X-rays or electrons. Both projects have received financial support from MeitY, to make India move towards import substitution.

MeitY has funded these projects to boost domestic technology capabilities in healthcare, the statement added.