AIIMS signs on Telecom Consultant for Africa project
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
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Mauritius Medical Centre to be linked to 12
Indian hospitals
Mauritius’s Medical Centre in Pamplemousses, 15 km from the
Mauritian capital Port Louis, will be connected to seven universities
and 12 highly specialized hospitals in India by October this year.
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India: ONGC to extend telemedicine project in
its entire work base
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.
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Indian Space Research Organization to team with
government on telemed project
The government of Gujarat, India plans to launch a telemedicine project
with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as its technology
advisor to enhance the quality of healthcare services in the remote areas
of the state. Under the project, ISRO will provide free V-SAT connectivity
and help in identifying the potential areas, sectors, locations and beneficiaries.
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India to have tele-medicine service with SAARC countries
Tele-medicine services will become operational between India, Bhutan and
Sri Lanka by this year end, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said
recently. "To start the tele-medicine services by September this year, a
Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between India and Bhutan,"
he said adding that after this the service would become operational between
Indian and Sri Lanka too by the year-end.
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Medical holograms possible on Infosys handsets by 2010
By 2010 doctors, accident investigators, teachers and other specialists may
use holographic mobile handsets capable of projecting, capturing and sending
3D images, according to Indian technology giant Infosys, which has patented
the device.
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Telemedicine soon across Maharashtra
Project planned with ISRO should have started in June last year;
now, initial phase will connect via satellite premier medical colleges
and hospitals to patients at eight or nine district hospitals.
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Diagnostic clinics only a click away
All authorised medical diagnostic centres across the country
will soon be listed on a website. The government and the
Indian Radiological and Imaging Association (IRIA) are
working jointly to develop the website
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India's foray into telemedicine faces difficulties
India's attempts to make a foray into the world of telemedicine has
not made much headway, especially due to foreign data processing
laws and difficulties in certification of qualifications of Indian telemedicine
providers, the Planning Commission has said.
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Gujarat to start e-diagnosis in all villages
On the back of successful launch of its "e-gram" initiative, under which
villages have been offered broadband connectivity, the Gujarat
government's health department has announced an e-medicine
scheme for rural areas.
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vCustomer to counsel health issues
vCustomer Corporation has announced its partnership with
Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (JSK) to provide call centre support
and counselling on reproductive health, family planning
and infant health.
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Ericcson, Apollo Telemedicine plan healthcare access
for rural India
Telecom services provider Ericcson and the Apollo Telemedicine Networking
Foundation plan a national campaign for introduction of telemedicine services
in India. The effort, to be launched later this year, is an expansion of a 2007
pilot project which brought mobile broadband services to 18 villages and 15 towns
in rural India, according to Ericsson India President Mats Granryd. The
long-range goal is to provide affordable and accessible healthcare to millions of
India residents nationwide."Mobility has proven to be a major catalyst for social
and economic empowerment, and a key ingredient in helping to bridge the digital
divide," Granryd said.
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India's Tamil Nadu state seeks 24-hour status at all hospitals
The State of Tamil Nadu in India wants to turn all 1,400 of its hospitals and clinics
into 24-hour facilities. Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has authorized implementation
of "24 x 7" services at up to 460 of state's public health centers by year's end.
The state also recently aligned itself with the Confederation of Indian Industry
to provide around-the-clock service at six of Tamil Nadu's telemedicine centers.
The state hopes to have 30 such centers in place by the start of 2009.
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India's Lilivati Hospital wins Trusted Brand Award from
Reader's Digest
Lilavati Hospital and Research Center, a 300-bed facility in Bandra, India
specializing in telemedicine, recently won "The Trusted Brand" gold award
by Reader's Digest and India Today.
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Community Health centres to be connected with
Telemedicine Project
The Administration of Chandigarh has decided to connect various important
Community Health Centres of Manimajra, Punjab with Government
Multi Specialty Hospital (GMSH) Chandigarh through telemedicine project
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Care to leverage ITC's e-Choupals in rural healthcare
The Hyderabad based CARE Group of Hospitals has launched a pilot
project in Maharashtra in collaboration with ITC to provide quality medical
facilities to the country's rural heartland.
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Telemedicine program brings India, Ethiopia closer
A $2.1 million telemedicine program launched by the Indian government in 2007
to link hospitals in Ethiopia with India's leading cardiac institute appears to be
paying off. Patients in the African nation are receiving better care than the
physician-strapped country can normally provide, and India has a definite
relationship-tightening highlight to focus on during the first-ever summit of
African heads of state in New Delhi on April 8-9. "We want Africans to share
expertise with each other and for areas with few doctors to be linked to hospitals
in cities so doctors there can fill the gap," said Ratan Singh, the telemedicine
project's director. Ethiopia is sub-Saharan Africa's second-most populous country
and has one doctor for every 37,000 people.
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Venture capitalists target India's heathcare market
Venture capitalists have their eyes on India's healthcare market, according to the
India Venture Capital Report by Dow Jones VentureSource. Of $928 million [USD]
invested by VCs in 2007, more than $100 million went toward India healthcare firms,
up from $41 million in 2006. And there's more on the way: the country's oldest and
largest private equity firm, ICICI Venture Fund Management Co. Ltd., has finalized
four deals totaling $70 million [USD], with three others in the works. Recipients of this
good faith include start-ups focused on rural healthcare, online medical services,
manufacture of medical devices, and specialized services such as telemedicine and
teleradiology.
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India to combine cornea bank with telemedicine
The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital in Jamshedpur, India
is ready to start a telemedicine facility and a cornea bank on the same premises,
according to hospital officials. The decision to start these facilities followed a recent
meeting between the state health department officials and the government hospital
authorities. Telemedicine will allow immediate treatment and more efficient diagnosis
and follow-up of cornea-related problems, according to Arjun Lal, associate professor
of ophthalmology at MGMMC.
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Hypertension, diabetes rampant in Indian state
Forty-nine percent of residents in the state of Himachal, India, suffer from
hypertension and 32 percent from diabetes, according to a report from a New
Delhi-based nephrologist. Dr. Devendra Rana, head of nephrology at
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, said the worrisome situation "calls for a serious
thought for incorporation of nephrology treatment facilities in the basic health
infrastructure at all levels
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Apollo Hospitals, Mantri Developers ink telemedicine deal
Apollo Hospitals Ltd., Asia's largest healthcare group, is partnering with
Mantri Developers Pvt. Ltd., based in Bangalore, India, to provide 24-hour
healthcare services to housing owners at Mantri residential projects in Bangalore.
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Intel (India) develops remote health
monitoring device
US microchip maker Intel is developing a technology
to allow remote monitoring of a person's health through signals
from a hand held device. More

Mobile telemedicine service soon in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (India) Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has
announced that mobile clinics will tour villages and telemedicine
would be introduced through the ‘104 service’ being implemented
in the State via the public-private partnership mode.More

Punjab (India) telemedicine project enters in second phase
The telemedicine project is going to enter in second phase. The Health
Minister of Punjab, Lakshmi Kanta Chawla inaugurated a a digital link
between Mohali Civil Hospital, PGI Chandigarh, Punjab Health Systems
Corporation (PHSC) and C-DAC. More

Nimhans, Mysore hospital connect for telemedicine
NIMHANS, Bangalore and Mysore based KR Hospital has established
connectivity for their telemedcine project in collaboration with
Larsen & Toubro Ltd in Bangalore. L&T has gifted telemedicine solutions
and equipment worth INR 6 lakh to both the medical centres,
as part of a private-public participation programme. More

ECIL to soon introduce digital radiology system
ECIL has drawn up an ambitious plan to introduce the digital radiology
system aimed at providing cost effective health care solutions to rural
masses. More

First of its kind course in telehealth in south Asia
The 7th Telehealth Technology Course is to be held from 31st March -
12th April 2008. This course is being jointly conducted by Apollo
Telemedicine Networking Foundation and Anna University. More

India inaugurates telemedicine project
The governor of Punjab, India plans to link five polyclinics in outlying
territories to the government's medical college and hospital in Chandigarh
through a new telemedicine project. Punjab Gov. and Administrator
Gen. S.F. Rodrigues said the project will help the doctors and patients
manage clinical problems in the five peripheral institutions. "Poor people
come to these polyclinics with no means of transport and no access to
diagnostic centers for medical & clinical investigations, like X-ray and
laboratory tests. [Connection to] this facility can benefit them greatly,"
Rodrigues said. The general has asked the director of the Government
Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) to start the connection process;
Dr. K.K. Talwar, director of the area's Telemedicine Network Communication
program, said they will "do their best to make the facility a fruitful venture"
for GMCH doctors and their patients. More

SRIT�s Jt Venture one of most imp event in South Asia
Sobha Renaissance Information Technology (SRIT) has been conferred
2nd position for its joint venture �Sunpa Sobha Software China Ltd. (3S)�
with the Chinese telemedicine major, Yunnan Sunpa Image Tel Tech Co.
Ltd (Sunpa) by the largest circulated mainline daily in the Yunnan province
of China, �Yunnan Daily�. More

Take telemedicine facility to villages� of Orissa (India)
The Governor of Orissa (India), Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare has stressed
on extending the facility of telemedicine to the village-level, so that health
services can come to the doorstep of rural populace. More

Amrita Telemedicine connects to PAN-African network
The Telemedicine network at Amrita Institute of Medical Science
has begun extending its services beyond India’s borders. More

Telemedicine: Cost effective for Villages
'e-Sanjeevani,' the software package, through
which the government has decided to integrate
all upcoming Common Service Centres across rural India,
for remote diagnostics & telecounselling. More