Health gets analyser from Spanish firm |14 January 2014

The Ministry of Health has received an analyser that does liver and kidney function tests, blood glucose, iron and cholesterol profiles, among other uses.

The Random Access Biochemistry Analyser is a donation from BioSystems, a company based in Barcelona, Spain specialising in the research, development and manufacturing of in-vitro products for clinical diagnostic.

The handing over of the machine was done by Biosystems area manager Mohamed Dohri to the Minister for Health Mitcy Larue, in the presence of the ministry’s principal secretary Peggy Vidot, public health commissioner Dr Jude Gedeon, the Health Care Agency chief executive Dr Suresh Menon and Biswal Trading representative Harjit Walia. Biswal is BioSystems distributor for Mauritius and neighbouring countries including Seychelles.

The donation was to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the relationship between these two companies.

In a short speech to mark the occasion, Mr Dohri said his company is doing its best to ensure excellence in its service and in the quality and performance of its products.
 
He said that this Analyser A25 will contribute, albeit in a small way, to the improvement of the health care systems of people worldwide, with the hope that it is going to be a step forward in the progress of the health care system in the country.

“We want this contribution to be a symbol of our satisfaction for those 20 years of satisfactory relationship with Biswal and the Seychelles customers here,” Mr Dohri said.

On behalf of the Ministry of Health and the Health Care Agency, the director for Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Prosper Kinabo, thanked Mr Dohri and Mr Walia for coming all the way from Barcelona and Mauritius to Seychelles to hand over this piece of equipment.

He also expressed the ministry’s appreciation for the efforts by the two companies to install and commission the new machine, as well as to train staff in using it.

“Automation is increasingly becoming a crucial mechanism for clinical laboratories to achieve higher productivity and cost efficiency. It helps streamline the workflow and results in a more reproducible process with less hands-on interaction, which can significantly reduce costs,” said Mr Kinabo.

He said according to the manufacturer, the Random Access Biochemistry Analyser can process 240 tests per hour. Therefore this will inspire his ministry to join their efforts in meeting the challenges that lie ahead from their present development to further improve the quality of care for the people.

“We are surely privileged to have such a machine as it will save us a lot of money for certain tests that are done overseas but which will now be done here. Reagents used are cheaper than those used in other analysers,” he said.