India, Jan. 27 -- When news broke from Satna in Madhya Pradesh that several children had tested HIV positive after blood transfusions in a government hospital, it felt less like a headline and more like a personal sorrow - a stark reminder of how devastating a single lapse in medical safety can be. After three decades in India's medical technology sector, such incidents no longer shock, but they still wound, because they show how far our systems can drift from their first duty: to protect patients, especially the most vulnerable.

India's medical technology has advanced rapidly, yet basic patient safety is still compromised by the continued reuse of single-use devices in some hospitals, eroding public trust and endangering lives. Such cos...