Hi all from Malawi, I am interested in the thoughts on Mindray. We have a bit of their kit, like most of our lab equipment and 4 PM8000 monitors. The lab equipment has proven extremely good,which is partly down to the support by a local Chinaman who does a great job. Most of the machines paid for themselves in 9months and after that the CEO is VERY VERY HAPPY as it is a great income earner. They use open system reagents so we are not tied to anyone for consumables. Great in this part of the world where supply is quite a issue. As far as the monitors go, they have done very well. Even the oldest one that has taken several swan dives off the top of the anaesthesia machine, the latest one being this week. Up to now the front bezel has been broken, and this weeks effort shoved the printer door way in, shoved the CF card in and broken the eject button off. A direct hit I think! And it still works a treat. Some of the original cables have needed to be replaced early, but the longer I am here the worse other brands seem to do by comparison. Recently, without technical advice, adcom bought a bunch of Chinese (Carewell) equipment. Hmm, if you consider Mindray to be rather Chinese, then Carewell will be a real eye opener! Nasty stuff, useless manuals, rubbish tech support, yes we bought 5 units, 3 needs spare parts from new. But cheap, and yes they eventually worked. The opinion being that until the local staff can look after kit, so if they can break Sp02 then it might as well be a cheapy, than an expensive one. From a technical stand point it is certainly not in the league of medical electronics that we all have become used to, it is more like working on a getto blaster. Best left alone!! Mindray on the other hand I find nice to open and work on. Mindray is listed on the NY stock exchange so cant be too bad. Yes, I would like the hospital to buy more Mindray than the other stuff that has recently arrived. They have a great range of cables to suit many different sensors. I was really chuffed that they did an IBP lead to suit the Edwards life sciences sensors that we have boxes of so our new ICU looks really trick. That is my two bobs worth anyway. Cheers
