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India gets first tele-ICU for critical
patients
Friday July 06, 2012 07:03:25 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Even as the
concept of tele-medicine or clinical care through technology is
yet to find ground in India, medical experts Friday announced the
launch of a tele-intensive care unit (ICU) for management of
critically ill patients in small towns.
The project 'CritiNext', a collaborative venture of Fortis group
and GE health care, promises to take intensive care into digital
age by providing 24X7 medical care to patients through
internet-based communication.
"Tele-ICU would connect a command centre in a super speciality
hospital to a district hospital of a local hospital. The super
speciality hospital and experts there will provide advanced
consultation, care and monitoring to local hospital's critically
ill patients without having physically transferring them
anywhere," said Amit Varma, executive director of CritiNext,
Fortis group.
The system is first of its kind in the country, experts say.
"It is a pay-per-use system where GE health care will help us with
technology and Fortis group will support manpower needs," Varma
added.
The system is currently operational in Chattisgarh's Raipur and
Uttarakhand's Dehradun. According to the management, two more
hospitals in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh are expected to be
operational by this year's end.
The tele-ICU system involves remote ICU monitoring technology with
experts who help reduce medical errors by guiding hospitals with
shortage of critical care experts. The experts at the command
centre also access the diagnostics reports other than
communicating with the doctors.
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