Pak to become self-sufficient in medical equipment: Ch Fawad.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Monday said today is a historic day as the Prime Minister Imran Khan has handed over the first batch of locally made ventilators to National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

In a video statement, Chaudhry Fawad said Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) approved four designs of the ventilators out of 57 received.

He said the first commercial manufacturing of ventilators was done by National Radio and Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC).

Four public and private companies in the country will manufacture ventilators.

He said Pakistan exports medical equipment worth 2.1...