Benefitting from Hospital Liquidations
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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 Time: 10:43 AM
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The recent budgetary crisis has created the opportunity to bring into the market medical equipment from the liquidation or upgrading of hospitals in various parts of Europe and the USA.
Pre-owned, used medical equipment is just as useful and functional as new medical equipment, in many cases. In addition, used hospital equipment can be checked by specialized companies and then offered with a minimum warranty of six months.
Upgrading hospital equipment purchased from closures is common where healthcare systems require that medical equipment not be older than 3-5 years. It should be especially noted that the used medical equipment purchased from hospitals had authorized service on a regular basis, so that they are perfectly functional when sold.
Among the most popular used hospital equipment on the market includes: complete operating rooms, sterilization stations, recovery room and intensive care beds, and hospital furniture such as: night stand, chairs, tables, etc.
Especially good purchases can be found in the more complex medical equipment categories, such as imaging equipment, including: ultrasound, CT, MRI and other related used medical equipment. Prices can be quite favorable; often a fraction of the cost in comparison with brand new models, making the used medical equipment options an especially good one.
A large quantity of used medical equipment, now available due to hospital liquidations, has created a new global market. This market offers not only products, but also related services such as: medical equipment inspection, preparation of technical and cost evaluations for used equipment in hospitals, and providing installation and servicing to used medical equipment in the new location.
This relatively new market niche has contributed towards the creation of sites offering new and used medical equipment. One example is MedWOW.com, a site that specializes in the trade of new and used medical equipment, with a focus on related support services where buyers and sellers worldwide communicate in a multilingual marketplace.
Today, the used medical equipment market should be considered first when health budgets are limited and demand for medical services is growing worldwide.
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MedWOW is the leading global medical equipment parts platform, facilitating trade of new and used medical equipment internationally. With unmatched support services, a multilingual communication system and turnkey options: MedWOW has become the medical equipment portal of choice.
