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HMD Reaches Milestone of Supplying
500 Million 0.5 ml AD Syringes to Govt for Covid Vaccination
Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices Ltd (HMD), one
of the leading manufacturers of Disposable Syringes in the World and possibly
the largest for Auto Disable syringes on Monday, 11th Oct has achieved another
milestone of supplying 500 million 0.5 ml AD syringes to Govt. to help vaccinate
over 685 million people till date to support the massive vaccination campaign to
eradicate Covid-19 and help make India Atmanirbhar.
The next lot of 16.3 million syringes has been
inspected and is ready to dispatch.
In our endeavor “to ensure there is no shortage of
syringes to help vaccinate India against Covid, HMD has preponed the supply
commitments to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and has supplied 500
million pcs of KOJAK AD Syringes to GoI to help vaccinate over 685 million
people. HMD presently is not accepting new business export opportunities from
many overseas buyers and also had earlier diverted the supply of 100 million pcs
from UNICEF order to GoI from Sept to Dec. HMD will always prioritize domestic
needs, Sorry if it wasn’t enough. Regret Government has had to partly restrict
exports, we all could have planned better”, shared Mr. Rajiv Nath, Managing
Director of Hindustan Syringe & Medical Device Ltd (HMD).
“Total Govt orders HMD received till date from Dec
2020 are of 753.10 million pcs of 0.5 ml Kojak AD Syringes. In addition HMD has
been supplying most of the 1 ml / 2 ml DispoVan & 0.5 ml / 2 ml Kojak AD
Syringes (approx 50 million syringes) being used in the private sector
vaccination campaign. All orders received from December till date have been
supplied on time or before time as committed.” Added Mr. Nath.
HMD’s manufacturing plants are operational
24/7.It’s a race against time to help ramp up capacity of our Cannulas (Needle
Points) & Needle Capillary Tubing Manufacturing. A new 150,000 sq ft factory as
a green field project is set to be commissioned by Jan 2022 to increase capacity
from 4 billion Cannulas (Needle points) per annum to 6
billion per annum to be Atmanirbhar, a vision we share with the Honorable Prime
Minister. Presently, HMD is producing more than 4.25 lakh syringes of various
types per hour at our factories spread over 11 acres in Faridabad industrial
district in Haryana.” stated Mr. Rajiv Nath, who is also referred as Make in
India Man of Medical Devices.
“India’s vaccination drive has been a role model
for the world. We congratulate the Indian Government & we are glad we could
shoulder the responsibilities with the Govt. for the success of India’s massive
vaccination campaign, while balancing ongoing market needs for seasonal spike of
Dengue & Typhoid” said Mr. Pradeep Sareen, Marketing Head of Hindustan Syringes
& Medical Devices Ltd.
“In line with PM Modi’s plans to resume export of
surplus COVID-19 vaccines in the fourth quarter of 2021 in order to fulfill the
commitment of India towards COVAX, we at HMD are confident that India will also
be in a position to export some Covid vaccine syringes as part of ‘Vaccine &
Syringe Maitri’ to fulfill India’s commitment towards the world for the
collective fight against COVID-19. No One is Safe until Everyone is Safe” Shared
Mr. Nath.
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