Varanasi: Forecasting Information Technology and Assessment Board (TIFAC) will launch the TIFAC tele-digital health pilot program at the Hindu Banaras University on Friday.
This program will be inaugurated by the Minister of Science and Technology Union, Dr.
Jitendra Singh.
Speaking with reporters on Thursday, the local Convener Prof.
Amit Rastogi said that Bhu was an academic partner of outreach for the Varanasi District on the Tele Health Project, which was being carried out in partnership with IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation and in collaboration C DAC Mohali.
Prof Rastogi said that around 60,000 patients would be covered in three districts -Gorakhpur, Varanasi and Kamjong in Manipur with each Academic Partner, University of Upadhyaya Gorakhpur in Gorakhpur, Bhu in Varanasi and Nit, Manipur.
The main activities in this program include examining patients with devices that can be used, transferring health data records through E-Sanjeevani clouds to puddles of doctors for analysis.
The parameters included include electrocardiographic examination (heart examination), heart rate measurement, blood pressure measurement, body temperature measurement, blood oxygenation measurement, lipid profile, hemoglobin and mother and child care (fetus doppler).
Rastogiprof said that around 65 per cent of the population India living in rural villages requires doctors whose most are based on metropolitan cities and rural residents need better access to health.
This is a big challenge for Indian countryside to access quality health services.
The problem has been further emphasized during Covid-19 especially for those who live in hilly fields.
He said that maintaining these challenges seen, TIFAC, the Autonomous Agency of the Department of Science and Technology, has concerned the telemedicine project of a demonstration of pilot (plug and play models) to provide quality medical care under women and children who are Stay remotely.
Areas at an affordable cost.
The pioneer project aims to show the efficacy of the application of the latest telephoto diagnostic technology in reaching out to those who live in the area with quality medical care.
Through this technological outreach mechanism, people who live in such areas will have access to medical care from such quality which until now they cannot get it.