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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2288619.stm Telemedicine lifeline for villages]
==Telemedicine on BBC==

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2288619.stm Telemedicine lifeline for villages]


Rural doctors in one of the world's poorest countries are going to be offered online medical centres in an attempt to help them provide better care for the sick.
Rural doctors in one of the world's poorest countries are going to be offered online medical centres in an attempt to help them provide better care for the sick.
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A private company called [[Bangladesh]] Telemedicine Services (BTS) has come up with an ambitious project to set up telemedicine centres to help doctors identify diseases early on.
A private company called [[Bangladesh]] Telemedicine Services (BTS) has come up with an ambitious project to set up telemedicine centres to help doctors identify diseases early on.


Please look at [[TeleHealth Module]] and [[Telehealth module database]] for some of the work currently being done by OLPC Volunteers


* [ict_of_bangladesh] Telemedicine centre launched
==Telemedicine center==
[ict_of_bangladesh] Telemedicine centre launched
From: "Moderator: ICT of Bangladesh Yahoo Group" <ict_of_bangladesh@yahoo.com>
To: ict_of_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com
From: "Moderator: ICT of Bangladesh Yahoo Group" <ict_of_bangladesh@yahoo.com>
To: ict_of_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com
FARIDPUR, Aug 11: A telemedicine centre, first of its kind in
Bangladesh, was launched here today to provide distance medical
treatment to patients, reports UNB.
Professor Dr Mohammad Yunus, a noted economist and MD of Grameen Bank
FARIDPUR, Aug 11: A telemedicine centre, first of its kind in
and chairman of Grameen Telecom, inaugurated the centre set up at
Bangladesh, was launched here today to provide distance medical
Faridpur Diabetic Hospital.
treatment to patients, reports UNB.
With the launch of the centre, a patient from the area can contact
any specialist physician in Dhaka describing his health problems and
collect prescription through the information superhighway by means of
Internet.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Yunus said local patients, particularly
poor ones, would be benefited much as they would be able to contact
physicians in the capital through the centre.
"Any patient can also take medical suggestion from any foreign
specialist physician soon," he told the function.
Presided over by Professor MA Samad, the function was also addressed
by Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Nasir Uddin Khan and Civil Surgeon Dr
SM Abul Khair Mia.
On the opening day, Basu Dev, 65, a resident of Muksudpur upazila in
Gopalganj district, who has been suffering intestinal diseases along
with diabetics, took prescription directly talking with noted gastric
and liver-disease specialist Professor Dr AK Azad Khan in the
capital.
The telemedicine centre has been set up under the initiative of the
Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, Grameen Telecom, GrameenPhone,
Diabetic Association of Faridpur and noted specialist physicians in
Dhaka.
Any local patient can take prescription from specialist physicians in
the capital through the centre by paying Tk 600 as fee.
==Rs 15,000 Kit==


Fwd: Rural Tele- medical kit
Professor Dr Mohammad Yunus, a noted economist and MD of Grameen Bank
and chairman of Grameen Telecom, inaugurated the centre set up at
* To: debian-med@lists.debian.org
Faridpur Diabetic Hospital.
* Subject: Fwd: Rural Tele- medical kit

* From: Edward Cherlin <edward.cherlin@etssg.com>
With the launch of the centre, a patient from the area can contact
* Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 16:12:41 -0700
any specialist physician in Dhaka describing his health problems and
* Message-id: <200506171612.41898.edward.cherlin@etssg.com>
collect prescription through the information superhighway by means of
* Old-return-path: <edward.cherlin@etssg.com>
Internet.
* Organization: Encore Technologies
* User-agent: KMail/1.7.2
From: "Bob Pyke Jr." <repyke@infionline.net>
To: "Telehealth-L" <TELEHEALTH@maelstrom.stjohns.edu>
CC: TELEMEDICINE@jiscmail.ac.uk
From another list and blog I am on
Rural Tele- medical kit
On Thursday 12 May 2005 19:47, Ponnapa PG wrote:
n-Logue and Nuerosynaptics yesterday launched the
rural tele-medical kit at a village in Sivaganga Dist
in TN . The District collector inaugrated the
function.
This kit priced at under Rs 15,000 is connected to the
rural internet kiosk and can transmit ECG, Pressure ,
Temp , pulse and stethoscope data.
We will be now taking it to over 100 villages in the first
phase in partnership with hospitals .
Ponnapa


----
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Yunus said local patients, particularly
15000 INR = ±217 € (Euro).
poor ones, would be benefited much as they would be able to contact
(INR = Indian Rupee)
physicians in the capital through the centre.


==Diagnostic kit==
"Any patient can also take medical suggestion from any foreign
Neurosynaptic have successfully built a remote low cost diagnostic kit called ReMeDi that can measure temperature, blood pressure, ECG and heartbeat (stethoscope) and perform other tasks. It won a prize at the [http://www.weforum.org/ World Economic Forum] 2007. There was an [http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/11/1129_tech_pioneers/source/22.htm article in businessweek]
specialist physician soon," he told the function.


[http://www.neurosynaptic.com/ Neurosynaptic Communications]
Presided over by Professor MA Samad, the function was also addressed
by Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Nasir Uddin Khan and Civil Surgeon Dr
SM Abul Khair Mia.


Bangalore, India
On the opening day, Basu Dev, 65, a resident of Muksudpur upazila in
Sector: Health Care
Gopalganj district, who has been suffering intestinal diseases along
Sameer Sawarkar, CEO
with diabetics, took prescription directly talking with noted gastric
Age: 35
and liver-disease specialist Professor Dr AK Azad Khan in the
capital.


Bangalore's Neurosynaptic Communcations is making health care for India's villages accessible and affordable. The company has a $255 portable diagnostic kit that performs five basic health tests, including blood pressure, temperature, and even an electrocardiogram. Used by the village paramedic, results are transmitted back to the closest hospital through any of the multimedia kiosks mushrooming across rural India. The cost to the patient: a rock bottom 63 cents per test. The pioneer of this telemedicine for the masses is [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/2/554/223 Sameer Sawarkar], a former sensor expert at Motorola, who was motivated by the hardships of getting health-care during his childhood in a village.
The telemedicine centre has been set up under the initiative of the
Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, Grameen Telecom, GrameenPhone,
Diabetic Association of Faridpur and noted specialist physicians in
Dhaka.


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Any local patient can take prescription from specialist physicians in
[[Category:Hardware ideas]]
the capital through the centre by paying Tk 600 as fee.
[[Category:OLPC ideas]]
[[Category:Health]]

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Telemedicine on BBC

Telemedicine lifeline for villages

Rural doctors in one of the world's poorest countries are going to be offered online medical centres in an attempt to help them provide better care for the sick.

A private company called Bangladesh Telemedicine Services (BTS) has come up with an ambitious project to set up telemedicine centres to help doctors identify diseases early on.

Please look at TeleHealth Module and Telehealth module database for some of the work currently being done by OLPC Volunteers

Telemedicine center

[ict_of_bangladesh] Telemedicine centre launched
From: "Moderator: ICT of Bangladesh Yahoo Group" <ict_of_bangladesh@yahoo.com>
To: ict_of_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com
 
FARIDPUR, Aug 11: A telemedicine centre, first of its kind in 
Bangladesh, was launched here today to provide distance medical 
treatment to patients, reports UNB. 

Professor Dr Mohammad Yunus, a noted economist and MD of Grameen Bank 
and chairman of Grameen Telecom, inaugurated the centre set up at 
Faridpur Diabetic Hospital.

With the launch of the centre, a patient from the area can contact 
any specialist physician in Dhaka describing his health problems and 
collect prescription through the information superhighway by means of 
Internet.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Yunus said local patients, particularly 
poor ones, would be benefited much as they would be able to contact 
physicians in the capital through the centre. 

"Any patient can also take medical suggestion from any foreign 
specialist physician soon," he told the function.

Presided over by Professor MA Samad, the function was also addressed 
by Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Nasir Uddin Khan and Civil Surgeon Dr 
SM Abul Khair Mia. 

On the opening day, Basu Dev, 65, a resident of Muksudpur upazila in 
Gopalganj district, who has been suffering intestinal diseases along 
with diabetics, took prescription directly talking with noted gastric 
and liver-disease specialist Professor Dr AK Azad Khan in the 
capital. 

The telemedicine centre has been set up under the initiative of the 
Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, Grameen Telecom, GrameenPhone, 
Diabetic Association of Faridpur and noted specialist physicians in 
Dhaka.

Any local patient can take prescription from specialist physicians in 
the capital through the centre by paying Tk 600 as fee.

Rs 15,000 Kit

Fwd: Rural Tele- medical kit

   * To: debian-med@lists.debian.org
   * Subject: Fwd: Rural Tele- medical kit
   * From: Edward Cherlin <edward.cherlin@etssg.com>
   * Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 16:12:41 -0700
   * Message-id: <200506171612.41898.edward.cherlin@etssg.com>
   * Old-return-path: <edward.cherlin@etssg.com>
   * Organization: Encore Technologies
   * User-agent: KMail/1.7.2

From: "Bob Pyke Jr." <repyke@infionline.net>
To: "Telehealth-L" <TELEHEALTH@maelstrom.stjohns.edu>
CC: TELEMEDICINE@jiscmail.ac.uk
 
From another list and blog I am on

Rural Tele- medical kit

On Thursday 12 May 2005 19:47, Ponnapa PG wrote:
n-Logue and Nuerosynaptics yesterday launched the
rural tele-medical kit at a village in Sivaganga Dist
in TN . The District collector inaugrated the
function.

This kit priced at under Rs 15,000 is connected to the
rural internet kiosk and can transmit ECG, Pressure ,
Temp , pulse and stethoscope data.

We will be now taking it to over 100 villages in the  first 
phase in partnership with hospitals .

Ponnapa

15000 INR = ±217 € (Euro). (INR = Indian Rupee)

Diagnostic kit

Neurosynaptic have successfully built a remote low cost diagnostic kit called ReMeDi that can measure temperature, blood pressure, ECG and heartbeat (stethoscope) and perform other tasks. It won a prize at the World Economic Forum 2007. There was an article in businessweek

Neurosynaptic Communications

Bangalore, India Sector: Health Care Sameer Sawarkar, CEO Age: 35

Bangalore's Neurosynaptic Communcations is making health care for India's villages accessible and affordable. The company has a $255 portable diagnostic kit that performs five basic health tests, including blood pressure, temperature, and even an electrocardiogram. Used by the village paramedic, results are transmitted back to the closest hospital through any of the multimedia kiosks mushrooming across rural India. The cost to the patient: a rock bottom 63 cents per test. The pioneer of this telemedicine for the masses is Sameer Sawarkar, a former sensor expert at Motorola, who was motivated by the hardships of getting health-care during his childhood in a village.

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