Tevta to set up surgical technology institute

Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (Tevta) is making necessary arrangements to set up a full-fledged Institute of Surgical Technology costing Rs 180 million in Sialkot shortly.
Official sources told APP here on Sunday that Metal Industries Development Centre (MIDC) would also be upgraded in order to provide technical assistance and guidance to the surgical industry. The aim of setting up Institute of Surgical Technology is to organise the industry on modern lines. The proposed institute in this export-oriented city will usher in a new era of development in surgical industry.
There are about 1200 small and medium surgical units functioning in and close to Sialkot with labour force of 60,000 workers. The surgical industry is manufacturing about 100 million instruments annually besides disposable instruments, which constitutes 60 percent of exports and reusable instruments that is 40 percent of the exports.