Telemedicine project in district village of Andhra Pradesh

A report on a telemedicine project in the remote hamlet of Andhra Pradesh. Using ISDN and VSAT lines, the village was connected to hospitals in Hyderabad and Chennai, bringing tertiary care to the villagers and making key specialists available to them. Although not a financial success, the popularity of the project means that the organisers want to extend the scheme further

Notes:Article originally published in "The Indian Express", 7 Sep 2005 

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