Pursuing a dedicated budget for the maintenance of medical equipment

The medical equipment evaluation officer of the Ministry of Health's deputy medical department emphasized on the creation of a separate budget line for the maintenance of medical equipment.

According to Ambassador Arjan's report, quoted by Vebeda, Zahra Amani, in the second meeting of medical equipment managers of medical sciences universities across the country, which was held at the same time as the Iran Fashion 2026 exhibition in Aftab city, pointed out the importance of maintaining and repairing medical equipment and said: One of the important issues in the field of medical equipment is the provision of specific financial resources for the maintenance of equipment.

He added: Medical equipment, especially advanced and capital equipment, needs a regular maintenance program and appropriate financial resources to maintain the efficiency and continuity of providing medical services.

Amani said: follow-ups have been done to create a specific budget line so that the issue of maintaining medical equipment has a clearer place in financial planning. The goal has been to provide a stable basis for planning and implementing maintenance measures in universities of medical sciences, in addition to providing the required credit.

Referring to the follow-ups carried out at the management levels, he said: In order to advance this issue, several correspondences and consultations have been held and efforts have been made to create a budget line as one of the important and follow-up measures in the future plans.

Pursuing the payment of technical fees to medical equipment experts

In addition, the medical equipment evaluation officer of the Ministry of Health's treatment department, emphasizing the specialized role of medical equipment experts and engineers, said: Expert manpower is one of the main pillars of the correct management of medical equipment in medical centers. Experts and engineers in this field have important responsibilities in the field of supplying, installing, setting up, maintaining and monitoring the performance of equipment, and it is necessary to pay attention to their professional position and motivation.

Referring to the need to review the existing procedures, Amani stated: In pursuit of this issue, the conditions and issues of various expert groups, including medical engineers and other related specialist forces, have been comprehensively reviewed so that the proposed solution can respond to the existing needs.

He continued: It is expected that by summarizing the investigations and holding expert meetings with the presence of relevant officials, the final decision will be made in this field. Paying attention to the professional rights of specialists and creating motivation for their continued activity can be effective in improving the quality of medical equipment management and maintaining the human capital of this field.