As Richard Choo, the sales representative for Portex, had submitted the above for evaluation, I asked Ms. Chin, the labour ward manager, to give us a cost comparison to the patient for the Portex Epidural Maxipack versus the same items supplied individually as is currently being done. Her reply was,
I spoke to Richard again on 02 June 2000 and he agrees that there is no way to reduce the price sufficiently to compete against the current practice. Therefore, I will not be asking her to stock the above item.