BBC NEWS | South Asia | Healing hearts by remote control - 5 views
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"Technically speaking, in terms of disease treatment, the doctor has to touch the patient only when he has to operate.
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helen g on 22 Feb 10S/E Issue- Reliability Telemedicine allows a doctor to diagnose patients through a television screen by viewing the problem and listening to the patients and local doctors speak about their problem. A question of reliability comes up; to what extent can telemedicine be an accurate way for diagnosing patients?
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"And if I don't need to operate, I don't need to touch the patient. If I don't need to touch the patient, I don't need to be there. I can be anywhere."
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Telemedicine began here two years ago, with the realisation that most of India's specialist doctors live in a small number of large cities - but also, that most of the time, diseases do not actually require surgery.
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In Bangalore India, doctors have been using telemedicine to connect to parts of rural India. Telemedicine is being used to diagnose patients and give advice as to how to deal with certain medical conditions. Many poor and illiterate people living in rural areas rely on telemedicine. Is this really as reliable?
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Very old article: I wonder what is going on now. It's hoped that from this start in Bangalore, telemedicine will grow and grow - a spectacular way of overcoming distance and time in tackling severe medical problems.
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Very old article: I wonder what is going on now. It's hoped that from this start in Bangalore, telemedicine will grow and grow - a spectacular way of overcoming distance and time in tackling severe medical problems.
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Very old article: I wonder what is going on now. It's hoped that from this start in Bangalore, telemedicine will grow and grow - a spectacular way of overcoming distance and time in tackling severe medical problems.