Biomedical equipment technician training in Nepal

Biomedical equipment technicians are badly needed in Nepal to provide the technical help that is necessary for effective medical equipment maintenance. A new training program has been established with the assistance of the Health Ministry and Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University. The program is 48 weeks and includes courses in mathematics, electronics, digital electronics, computers, physiology, medical instrumentation design and medical equipment maintenance and repair. The course concludes with hospital experience. Two groups of 18 persons have completed the course and are working in government hospitals and a third group is now being trained and will complete the course in December 2008. It is estimated that Nepal could use over 200 BMET´s.