The Indian Railways has decided to expand telemedicine network across the country. Currently, the facility is available in 18 places including Rangia, Badarpur, Guwahati, Sonpur, Ratlam, Bhavnagar, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Vadodara and Rajkot.
Ericson has partnered with the United Nations Office to use telecommunications to bring mobile-health applications and services (m-health) and telemedicine to rural Africa. As a founding member of the UN’s Digital Health Initiative, Ericsson is taking another step in its ongoing commitment to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which aim to reduce global extreme poverty.
The Vodafone Espana Foundation, the Spanish Red Cross and Qualcomm, have joined together to launch a project using 3G broadband technology to trial new ways of connecting elderly people in Spain to their family and friends.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Telecommunication Consultant of India Limited (TCIL) for the latter’s Pan-African e-Network project.
The Government-run Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is planning to extend its telemedicine project with Bandra-based Lilavati hospital. ONGC is also planning to incorporate the project to cover all the rigs and platforms at Bombay High Offshore.
Satyam Computer Services Ltd., announced recently that it has embarked on a revolutionary program to deliver world-class healthcare to remote villages in India, in oartnership with government of Andhra Pradesh.
Partners in the European MARTE (Mobile And Robotised Teleechography) project, in collaboration with ROBOSOFT have carried out the world’s first robotised teleultrasound examination via satellite.
A new communications system between a moving ambulance and its hospital base allows the simultaneous transmission of bandwidth-hungry video and ultra-sonic images, telephone communications and patient data, all at the same time.
WellNet Healthcare is launching the beta version of its so-called
Quicker access to cardiologists, neurologists or radiologists even in remote places in Karnataka is now a possibility, thanks to advances in telecommunication. Cardiac emergencies like thrombosis are now being attended to by trained doctors at the Chamarajanagar district hospital and at 19 public health centres (PHCs) under the Karuna Trust.
The first NHS online maternity guide, offering a wealth of information on pregnancy and birth, at just the click of a mouse, has been launched.
