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MoU with ISRO for telemedicine network

Special Correspondent

Hyderabad: The State Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ISRO on Monday for establishing Telemedicine Network in Andhra Pradesh.

According to a press release, the telemedicine network facility is expected to work wonders for rural patients as they could avoid the tedious journey to the specialists in city hospitals.

The network will be established in two phases.

The initial phase covers eight nodes consisting of Osmania General Hospital, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, MNJ Institute of Oncology and LV Prasad Eye Institute, district hospitals of Anantapur and Kakinada and Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences and Mullapudi Harischandra Prasad Hospital.

Connecting hospitals

The ISRO has set up about 165 nodes connecting 132 remote hospitals with 33 speciality hospitals in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Haryana, Punjab and Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshdweep islands. Director of ISRO Bhaskaranarayana and Principal Secretary of Medical and Health I. V. Subba Rao in the presence of Minister for Health K. Rosaiah signed the MoU who appreciated the contribution of ISRO to the nation.

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