Sunday 14 March 2010 Government 2.0: The Road Ahead
PGI to expand telemedicine project

In an effort to expand the telemedicine project of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) and the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), 20 district hospitals in Punjab are set to be linked with the PGI.

Chandigarh: In an effort to expand the telemedicine project of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) and the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), 20 district hospitals in Punjab are set to be linked with the PGI.<!--more-->

According to NAMS Academic Council Chairman Prof JS Bajaj, a decision to link the hospitals with the PGI to provide 24-hour consultation via telemedicine has been okayed in principle by the authorities with the objective of to providing better medicare to patients.

"In fact, buoyed by the success of the linkage of government hospitals in Shimla, Rohtak and Haldwani through the NAMS tele-education project, we have reached a stage when we can connect all public sectors hospitals in the region with the aim of working for a northern grid of tele-education by the end 11th Plan," he said.

Bajaj further said that this was being done for disseminating the advances in the sciences to medical colleges and hospitals, in order to benefit people from the cutting-edge technologies of science.

Besides, various symposia were being conducted through tele-education by the NAMS to frame uniform guidelines for the treatment of various diseases in the country.

Bajaj said that a blueprint for the upgradation of the government diagnostic laboratories was being prepared, adding that mapping of water quality was high on the agenda of the government.
—iGovernment Bureau

I want to know more about telemedicine facilities available at your centre.
Thanks.

Each and every state should have telemedicine facility. EMR system should be there.

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