The Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) said they operated a "Korea Medical Equipment Integrated Exhibition Hall" at the "Arab Health 2022."

Arab Health is one of the world's four major medical device exhibitions. This year’s event was held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, from Jan. 24-27. More than 3,500 medical equipment manufacturers participated in the event to advance into the Middle East market.

The ministry and the institute have run the Korean pavilion at Arab Health since 2019 to help companies enter the Middle East market. This year, 15 Korean makers participated in the event.

Companies exhibited products with excellent domestic technology, such as electric operating tables, silent lamps, laparoscopic surgical instruments, patient monitoring devices, and medical monitors.

Korean companies also exhibited four digital health care products, including smart hospital monitoring solutions and a smart stethoscope in the digital health care equipment zone, to promote the excellence of information and communication technology (ICT) convergence technology in the Korean medical field.

They had 144 consultations with possible buyers for over $7.36 million worth of exports despite Covid-19.

"As Korea's ability to respond to Covid-19 has received recognition globally, now seems to be the right time to promote the excellence of health and medical technology and allow medical device companies to enter the international market and grow," said Yang Yun-seok, director of the ministry’s Health Industry Promotion Division. "We will prepare a foothold for international purchasing demand as the basis for overseas expansion to lead to corporate growth."