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"nce a week at a pre-arranged time, Olive sets up the complicated looking equipment her end. She then phones Victor to make sure he is ready to receive her call and that his computer is switched on. She then calls him up, and they have a face-to-face consultation. While Victor sits on his bed in his semi-detached home in Middlesex, Olive can check his breathing, heart rate and temperature and watch out for any early signs that his body is rejecting his double lung transplant. "This allows us to be there for him," Olive said. "

"The doctors studied 100 rheumatology patients and found the teleconference diagnosis was 97% accurate."

"We're talking about 100 megabits, which is a big step forward for this country. It means you can have interactive teaching over the Internet at home; you can have telemedicine; "