Chennai, July 29 - Eight Chinese hospital equipment makers will showcase their products in the 'Medicall' hospital equipment exhibition, which will start here Friday, organisers of the event said.

The fourth edition of the event is expected to attract around 4,500 visitors comprising hospital owners, doctors and medical equipment and consumables dealers this year, organisers said.

'The three-day exhibition will feature around 280 companies of which eight are from China making monitors, critical medical equipment, hospital furniture and other products,' said S. Manivannan, chief executive of Medicall, which organises the event.

The number of exhibitors has doubled this year, he said.