Telemedicine project inaugurated in Mohali

The telemedicine project in Mohali whic is to provide a digital link between Mohali Civil Hospital, PGI Chandigarh, Punjab Health Systems Corporation (PHSC) and C-DAC was inaugurated recently.

System helps lung patients stay out of hospital

PATIENTS in Sheffield with serious lung conditions are spending less time in hospital and more time at home thanks to the use of a new monitoring system.

Filipino docs extend virtual helping hand to remote patients

Filipino doctors have been extending their virtual healing hands to patients based in remote areas in the country.

Mobile health units roll out in Guwahati, India

After launching the first batch ‘Hospitals on Wheels’ in Guwahati, Kokrajhar programme has received its share of mobile healthcare facilities. Introduced under the National Rural Health Mission, the mobile medical units are equipped with X-Ray machines, a microscope, ECG machine, ultrasound, autoclaves, auto-analyser, stretchers and a pharmacy.

Mobile MRI will deliver service to rural patients

Soon US$ 4.5-million MRI machine will roll out in the Aspen and East Central Health regions to bring health scans in rural residents.

Russia expects telemedicine boom

Telemedicine might become one of the priority trends in healthcare development in Russia. In the year 2008 a range of

large telemedicine projects is expected to be implemented. According to specialists, the given sector will develop in Russia not only due to the state initiative, but thanks to attracting private investment.

Bangalore telemedicine co chosen

The Bangalore-based firm has finally received some recognition with the World Economic Forum (WEF) choosing it as one of the 39 technology pioneers from a list of 273 nominees. Neurosynaptics, the only company from India in a list dominated by 23 US firms, has been picked for its ReMeDi (Remote Medical Diagnostics) range of products.

Web portal on Health Information

Making appointments with doctors instantly online without any hassle is just one of the features that a recently launched web portal www.doctoratclick.com is promising users.

BT pilots N3 VoIP service for NHS, London

NHS trusts in London are being offered free connections to the N3 Local Gateway Service (LGS) as part of a major city-wide pilot.

Telemedicine Centre Inaugurated in Yaounde (Cameroon)

Information and communication technologies (ICT) have been recognised in the past decades as an essential tool for the scientific, economic and social development of a country.

Telemedicine project will link Hawaii and other Pacific island region

A Federal Grant of up to 4.9 million will be used to build a broadband network linking about 96 rural and urban healthcare providers throughout Hawaii and the Pacific island region.

Railways helps expand telemedicine network

The Indian Railways are planning to take medical facilities to far-flung areas, in a bid to expand their
telemedicine network to 23 more places across the country.

USD1 billion from India for Pan-African e-Network project

A number of countries are signing on to a plan for India to invest USD 1 billion in the Pan-African e-Network satellite project, a joint initiative with the Africa Union aimed at developing the region’s information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure.