Russian government plans to limit imports of medical equipment

Russia July 14, 2014, 17:23

Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Prime Minister, said that the list of medical equipment subject to limitation was being squared

MOSCOW, July 14. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia’s government plans to limit purchases of foreign-made medical equipment in case its analogues are manufactures domestically, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday at a meeting with his deputies.

“Our medical industry has actually recovered as compared to what is was ten to fifteen years ago: a great number of medical devices are produced in Russia, but it does not mean that we must refuse from what we don’t have in our country,” he noted.

Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Prime Minister, said that the list of medical equipment subject to limitation was being squared.

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