Clampcut launched
Staff Correspondent
Clampcut, a medical device to cut umbilical cord and clamp the severed ends simultaneously, was launched at a city hotel yesterday.Danish Ambassador to Bangladesh Niels Severin Munk and Prof Abul Bayes, former president of Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Bangladesh (OGSB), jointly launched the device. It is manufactured by Price Invena ApS of Denmark and distributed in Bangladesh by BioMed Services. Speakers at the launching ceremony said it will replace the traditional cutting, clamping and or tying process. They said the new device Clampcut is safer both for the newborn infant and the health practitioner and more cost-effective than the traditional procedure. As the cord is cut and its ends are clamped simultaneously, there is no risk of blood splashing which substantially reduces the danger of infection of the staff from the diseases like Hepatitis C and HIV carried by the blood, they added. Managing Director of Price Invena ApS Knud Lykke Jenson, Managing Director of BioMed Services Sazzadul Bari, a Danish Consultant working in Bangladesh Helle Thorsdal, Prof Dr Maliha Rashid from obstetrics and gynaecology department of Sir Salimullah Medical College and Hospital, President of OGSB Prof Anwara Begum and Managing Director of UniMed Mosaddek Hossain spoke at the launching ceremony. Clampcut, a disposable obstetric instrument, will be available in the country soon at Tk 325.
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