Training for biomedical engineering in India.
There are biomedical engineers in India and a demand for their services, but there is an absence of trained technical staff to apply the subject within the hospitals. The current situation of the medical electronics aspect of biomedical engineering within Industry, the Hospitals and Educational Institutions is described and some of the problems identified. The particular problems of the growth of a complex technical subject within a developing country are also considered.
D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000193:education*; D003906:Developing Countries; D004582:Electronics, Medical / Q000295:instrumentation; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007221:Industry