In regards to your outpatient ear microscopes found in ENT departments; we would request the following information:
1. What brand/model of the microscopes do you have and how many of each? How many would you have in your satellite/allied smaller hospitals?  We have three Zeiss and one Universal.

2. What was the capital expenditure of each microscope and how were they purchased?
We do not hold  this information as the microscopes are at least 16 years old.
3. What are the agreements with the manufacturers/another agency regarding maintenance contracts for the ear microscopes? Can you please provide some contracts by pdf?
We do not have any maintenance contracts in place for these microscopes , Medical engineers do a yearly inspection/check on the microscopes.
4. How often do these machines breakdown and how often is service called in the last 5 years?
We have only had to call out for service once in the last 10 years.