MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS

Today, there are more than 10 000 types of medical devices available. These lection of appropriate medical equipment always depends on local, regional or national requirements; factors to consider include the type of health facility where the devices are to be used, the health work force available and the burden of disease experienced in the specific catchment area. It is there fore impossible to make a list of core medical equipment which would be exhaustive and / or universally applicable.