Biocon to set up a unit in Vizag Hyderabad, Dec 14 (INN): Pharmaceutical giant Biocon Chairperson and Managing Director (CMD) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw met Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu at his residence on Sunday and said that the company is planning to set up a manufacturing facility in Visakhapatnam in the next six months.
During the meeting, the Biocon CMD gave a presentation to the Chief Minister on e-healthcare and its advantages. She briefed him about tele-medicine, e-diagnosis where the data (details of the patient) will be uploaded on the cloud.
This e-diagnosis concept, she said, would be beneficial to people living in rural areas who do not have access to healthcare services and would not have to travel to cities for treatment.
She informed the Chief Minister that Biocon is running pilot centres in Odisha and Rajasthan. The company is rolling out 50 centres in Odisha and 100 centres in Rajasthan on a pilot basis. Responding to this, the Chief Minister told Ms Shaw that AP is prepared to roll out 100-200 pilot centres.
News Posted: 14 December, 2014
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