India, Dec. 27 -- At a recent national startup clinic hosted by the Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) in Greater Noida, experts said public hospitals must go beyond service delivery and play a key role in shaping affordable, India-specific medical technologies (Medtech).

Experts said public hospitals, which handle the bulk of India's patient load, are well placed to lead the country's MedTech transformation, noting that innovations developed in these settings are more likely to be adopted across district hospitals and government health facilities.

The views emerged from national-level discussions where clinicians, engineers and MedTech startups deliberated on bridging the gap between innovation and real-world needs within ...