BARCELONA: Telemedicine has gone way beyond conference calls: new technologies allow doctors to monitor blood pressure and other vital signs ...
BARCELONA: Telemedicine has gone way beyond conference calls: new technologies allow doctors to monitor blood pressure and other vital signs - take x-rays even - and assist with operations from miles away.
The cabin - dubbed the Consult Station - is also equipped with tools that allow a doctor to carry out X-rays and hearing tests.Dozens of Consult Stations have so far been installed in France, Italy and Portugal and H4D is carrying out pilot projects in Canada, the United States, the Philippines and Dubai.
"Ten years ago people looked at me as if I were an alien," said Baudino, a French doctor who worked in remote African communities. Spanish doctor Antonio de Lacy carried out the world's first 5G-power telemonitored operation on Wednesday from the Barcelona trade fair grounds. This next-level cellular networks also greatly reduces latency - the time it takes to get a response to information sent - of wireless networks. That means images and data are relayed almost instantly.Gifted Mom, a text-messaging service and app, gives women in out-of-the way rural communities across Cameroon free health advice from doctors.
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