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Record visitor participation at Meditech 2022

Press releases may be edited for formatting or style | July 22, 2022 Business Affairs
With a record 11,600 visitors, the seventh edition of Meditech recently closed in Bogota to very positive results. Jointly organized by Corferias, the Association of Clinics and Hospitals of Colombia and Messe Düsseldorf North America, the event confirmed it status as one of the most important trade fairs of the health sector in Latin America. A total of 249 exhibitors (including 82 international companies) showcased the latest innovations, applications and developments in the industry. Meditech is a part of Messe Düsseldorf’s MEDICAlliance portfolio of worldwide medical trade fairs and took place again as an in-person event after a four-year break due to the pandemic.

“Meditech 2022 exceeded our expectations, not only because of the number of visitors, which is the highest we have registered since the fair’s start in 2008, but also because we managed to make it the stage for the second Symposium on Successful Solutions amongst Allied Entities of the Hospital Sector. We also held the 15th International Congress of Hospitals and Clinics - an event with more than twenty conferences and which was inaugurated by the Minister of Health, Fernando Ruíz. The four days of the trade fair presented a large academic program which is in line with the transformation of a better health care system”, stated Juan Carlos Giraldo, Executive Director of the Colombian Association of Hospitals and Clinics (ACHC).

Dr. Carolina Corcho, Minister of Health appointed by the incoming government, was one of the speakers at the International Congress of Hospitals and Clinics: “We are not only going to address improving the treatment of diseases, but also preventing them. We will achieve this by optimizing the resources given to people by providing them with drinking water and educating them about nutrition and early childhood care.”

For the second time, Meditech featured the “Experience Center in Advanced Hospital Technology - CEATH 2.0” special exhibit, where some areas of the “hospital of the future” were recreated on a real scale, with modern facilities and innovative devices that allow processes in the hospital sector to be even more efficient. “Visitors learned about the hybrid operating room, an inpatient service, a 3D-printing laboratory, an oncology service, and smart hospitals that allowed visitors to identify the latest innovation and technology trends in biomedical equipment”, explained Carolina Trujillo, coordinator of the CEATH 2.0, Meditech.

During Meditech, a business roundtable was held with 62 buyers from Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela and 128 exhibitors met during 404 appointments. Another special event was the award ceremony for the 6th National Safe Hospital Award. The Imbanaco Clinic in Cali, the San Pedro Hospital Foundation in Pasto and the Somer Clinic in Medellín were the winners of this award.

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