Donated medical equipment arrives almost as a surprise at Pakistan’s Abbas Institute of Medical Science, said biomedical engineer Zeeshan Ali, who is tasked with maintaining the devices at the facility.
Often the machines are refurbished and spare parts can be difficult to come by. “The most challenging is maintenance of the equipment [with a] limited budget,” Ali wrote to Devex.
It is not uncommon, he said, for the equipment to be declared unusable within five years.
Printing articles to share with others is a breach of our terms and conditions and copyright policy. Please use the sharing options on the left side of the article. Devex Pro members may share up to 10 articles per month using the Pro share tool ( ).
About the author
Andrew Green@_andrew_green
Andrew Green, a 2025 Alicia Patterson Fellow, works as a contributing reporter for Devex from Berlin.
