SHI Mediwear

SHI Mediwear Pvt. Ltd. (also known as SHI) is a privately-owned manufacture and supplier of single-use impervious blood/fluid repellent OT protection Apparel Sets for O.T.'s all over India and abroad with its headquarter in Mudka Industrial Area Delhi. Inspiration for starting concept of single-use garments for OTs/ICUs perceived from the articles, published in British Medical Journal (BMJ) that approx. 30% of deaths in the UK & USA occurs due to Hospital Acquired Infections. People used to go to the hospital for one ailment, get treatments but return back with some other hospital-acquired infections. To control such infections, the importance of single-use disposable single-use garments was felt. The founder of SHI Mr. Praveen Gulati visited Cleveland Clinic at Ohio, USA, on the invitation of a leading Indian Surgeon of the clinic to discuss and formulate infection protection disposable single-use garments. On return back to India, Mr. Praveen Gulati explored the possibility of manufacturing these garments, based on the samples provided by the Cleveland Clinic and also after discussion with top HODs of prestigious hospitals at Delhi. "SHI" brand of products came into existence. The name of the company was conceptualized as "SHI" which denotes "STOP HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS" with the motto "Do Not Become a Patient Yourself".

History
SHI Mediwear was founded in July 2000 by Praveen Gulati with the name of Steril Medihelp Pvt. Ltd. in Motia Khan Karol Bagh Delhi. . The Date of Incorporation of the company was 08 June 2007 with its authorized share capital is Rs 4000000.00 and paid-up capital is Rs 3675440.00 from RoC-Delhi. Get certified from ISO 13485:2006 and ISO 9000:2008. The Director of the SHI, Mr. Praveen Gulati is a regular member of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and a life member of Apex Chamber of Commerce & Industry of NCT Delhi with Membership No. LM-78. Another feather in the SHI cap is the appreciation certificate by ministry of finance Government of India and kept in the 'silver' category in recognition of the contribution towards building this great Nation (India). The SHI Mediwear name also used in the book named Medical Product Dictionary 3rd Edition on page no: 90, 92, 93, 94, 56....and more. which was published in 2019 by HarperCollins India with the help of Carna Medical Database Pvt. Ltd. . On 10th January 2017, The FIEO Federation of Indian Export Organisations has issued Registration Cum Membership Certificate (IEC No. 0507065760) to SHI MEDIWEAR PVT LTD for regular export of its products.

Operations
SHI Mediwear is the regular supplier of its medical garments to the Army Hospital (R&R), All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, Appolo Hospital, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Command Hospital, Global Hospital India and Medanta since 2006. The Padma Bhushan awarded Aroon Purie, the India Today editor-in-chief wrote about SHI Mediwear in his magazine for the supplying of PPE Kits to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (India) and LNJP Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi. During the starting of Coronavirus in India, SHI stated the supply of PPE Kits and Cover Alls to the Government of India. The DRDO include SHI in the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Body Coverall Certificate List and issued certificate on 15th May 2020.

Programs
SHI has organized several Infection Prevention programs in North India and Mumbai. On 25th June 2010, Mr.Tim Galekop was invited by SHI with the help of Ahlstrom-Munksjö who is employed by Ahlstrom FiberComposites as a Director of Global Business Development, Medical Fabrics responsible for Europe, Global Technical Support and Regulatory affairs to promote the awareness of Infection Prevention in O.Ts which was successfully done in Medanta - The Medicity (India).