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| Manipal Hospital forays into NCR - The Economic Times Bangalore Aug 11, 2005 |
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BANGALORE-BASED Manipal Hospital today announced its plan to foray into the NCR market through a telemedicine
alliance with Gurgaon-based Private Hospital.
Televital, an integrated ehealth and technology solutions company, will serve as the technology partner for the
alliance.
Manipal Hospital’s telemedicine network is based on a server-based technology that uses a hub (Manipal Hospital) and
spoke (Nodes like Private Hospital) model. Its e-health package includes tele-consultation, workshops and medical
education programmes, domiciliary tele-health initiatives in housing complexes and community centres, ambulatory
programmes, remote ICU monitoring and tele-diagnosis.
R Basil, CEO, Manipal Hospital & Manipal Health System, said "Telemedicine is a new healthcare delivery model that
we are now using to benefit patients. For us, telemedicine is not just consultation, but a complete e-health
package".
Manipal Hospital is the first hospital in the country to invest in a gamma probe to optimise treatment of breast
cancer using Radioisotope Occult Lesion Localisation (ROLL).
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