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Saudi Arabia seeks Bangalore hospital's help for telemedicine
centre
Tuesday March 27, 2012 12:28:51 AM,
IANS
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Bangalore: Saudi
Arabia Monday sought the help of Narayana Hrudayalaya (cardiac
hospital) in setting up a telemedicine centre in the kingdom for
providing remote healthcare to its citizens.
"The Saudi Arabian government has agreed to extend all facilities
in setting up a telemedicine centre at Riyadh for providing
immediate medical treatment remotely to its citizens across the
desert country," a hospital spokesman told IANS.
The proposal came up for discussion during a visit of a 40-member
Saudi youth delegation Monday to the Narayana Hrudayalaya campus
on the city's outskirts, led by its Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul
Aziz bin Abdullah.
"The minister and the youth evinced keen interest in the
satellite-based technology and promised to come up with a proposal
soon for opening the first telemedicine centre in the kingdom in
collaboration with our hospital," the spokesman said.
As a pioneer in using telecommunications and information
technologies to provide clinical healthcare remotely, the
privately-run super-specialty cardiac hospital uses telemedicine
to administer affordable medical treatment in distant areas across
India and overseas spanning the sub-Saharan countries in Africa
and in south east Asian region.
"Exposure to the working of telemedicine at our facility and its
multiple benefits impressed the medical students in the delegation
and the Prince (minister) who discussed its modus operandi with
out chairman Devi Prasad Shetty during an interactive session,"
the official mentioned.
The youth delegation also went around the hospital's sprawling
healthcity and had a firsthand account of its paediatric facility
where children, including infants, are treated for cardiac
ailments.
"At the paediatric ward, the Saudi youth interacted with doctors,
house surgeons, nurses and some young patients and enquired about
the facilities and the nature of treatment given for heart
ailments," the spokesman said.
The youth are on a 10-day forum visit to India since March 22 to
promote bilateral relations in the field of science and technology
and for a firsthand account of the developments made by Indian
institutes and universities.
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