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Getinge, a Swedish medtech company, has recently opened its new Experience Centre in Mumbai, which is designed to recreate hospital and other healthcare settings including operating rooms and intensive care units.

-  Abhitash Singh

The Experience Centre showcases innovative solutions, including the Getinge IN2 OR Modular Room System, designed to meet the evolving needs of modern surgery. With a revenue generation of Rs 449 crore in India, for 2024, Getinge’s priority is to strengthen its presence in ventilators, anaesthesia machines, and hemodynamic monitoring, where the demand is increasing. In conversation with BioSpectrum India, Aruna Nayak, Managing Director of Getinge India and Philippe Rocher, President South Asia Pacific, Getinge talked in detail about the growing medtech sector in India, and about the company’s growth plans. Edited excerpts:

What are some of the new technologies being introduced by Getinge, to make surgeries smarter and safer for Indian patients?

Philippe Rocher: The transformation of Operating Rooms (ORs) has already started to support the development of new surgical techniques such as minimally invasive surgery, guided surgery or robotic surgery that are safer for patients. These techniques require the integration of new equipment inside the OR. We also see an increasing demand for providing the surgical team with comprehensive patient information in a seamless and consolidated manner. Rooms with high technology density must be designed intelligently to respond to these changing trends.