The Medical Device Hackathon (MEDHA) at Haffkine Institute for Training, Research and Testing during the weekend of 13-14 July came alive with 10 teams developing proofs-of-concept of novel medical devices and presenting them to a jury of senior doctors and engineers.

Each team had 4 members with medical, design, mechanical and electronics backgrounds. The hackathon was organized by the Biomedical Engineering & Technology Innovation Centre (BETiC), IIT Bombay in collaboration with BETiC cells of KJ Somaiya College of Engineering and MGM Institute of Health Sciences, Navi Mumbai.