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Bioniks chief urges President Alvi to help subsidise prosthetic limbs for the underprivileged

Bioniks chief appeals to President Arif Alvi to "allow import of advanced tech machines and provide research grants"

Web Desk
January 11, 2021
Bioniks chief urges President Alvi to help subsidise prosthetic limbs for the underprivileged
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ISLAMABAD: Prosthetics manufacturer Bioniks has urged President Dr Arif Alvi to help it subsidise availability ofartificial limbs to the underprivileged people of Pakistan.

In a meeting earlier this week,Bioniks chief executive Anas Niaz spoke to Arif Alvi at the President House, requesting him tosubsidise prosthetic arms to those who were unable to afford them and had to face challenges in their daily lives.

Niaz also appealed to the president to "allow import of advanced tech machines and provide research grants" toBioniks in a bid to bolster manufacturing and provision ofadvanced artificial limbs, as well as surgical planning tools, to every person with a mobility impairment.

President Arif Alvi, Bioniks added in its statement, appreciated the social enterprise "for the great innovations and services".


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