orissadiary.com, May 15, 2010
Report by Orissadiary bureau; Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) for implementation of third phase of Odisha Telemedicine Network.
Present on the occasion, health and family welfare minister Prasanna Acharya said that the new medical technology telemedicine has benefited 2,306 patients who suffered from major illness in first and second phase of the network.
These patients took Tele-Follow Up services offered by Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow and AIIMS, New Delhi through Government Medical College Hospitals of Odisha. Similarly, 269 patients with complicated health problems have been benefited by availing super-specialist care from SCB Medical College Hospital during last two years.
In fact, telemedicine has been extremely beneficial to poor people who suffer from serious diseases, Acharya said, hoping that the third phase would help poor people in the same way.
Informing about the success of Odisha Health Network, Health Secretary Anu said its first phase started in 2003 and it was connected to three Government Medical Colleges of the State. But in the second phase that started in 2007, the network expanded to all the district hospitals of six districts- Koraput, Bhawanipatna, Baripada, Rayagada, sundergarh and Capital Hospital of Bhubaneswar.
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