Faridabad: The Haryana state chapter-Telemedicine Society of India (TSI) which was inaugurated at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad aims to connect patients who need medical help with in-house technical teams using telemedicine and clinics on wheel units. Speaking at the launch, Dr Prem Nair, Group Medical Director, Amrita Hospitals and Vice-President, National Telemedicine Society of India, informed … Read more
DEHRADUN: In one of the major steps aimed at providing health facilities to people residing in the far-flung hills and treacherous landscape of mountains, the Telemedicine Society of India (TSI) inaugurated its Uttarakhand chapter on Monday. The president of TSI and executive director (ED) of AIIMS Rishikesh, professor Dr Meenu Singh and Dr Murthy Remilla, … Read more
As the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the continuum of care, it did come as a booster shot for widespread use of telemedicine forced by the pandemic led restrictions and fear of infection transmission. Telehealth practices deliver clinical information and permit consultation and discussion between healthcare professionals and patients regardless of where the patient is located. It … Read more
The WHO estimates that as many as 57.3% of the healthcare providers in India, who claim to be doctors, do not have a medical qualification. They are informal healthcare providers or quacks. And they are present both in rural and urban settings but more in villages. According to a WHO report, while 60% of India’s … Read more