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Nigerian Doctors Launches Mobile Medical Care For Emergency

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An Abuja based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) known as Doctors on Call Health Initiative, has developed a new innovation, first of it kind in Africa, called Telemedicine, to carter mostly for rural dwellers and address cases of medical emergencies.

 

The organisation, however, said it has assembled more than 50 doctors aside hundreds of Nurses and other medical personnel as part of the team to respond to any emergency.

 

Addressing a press conference yesterday in Abuja, the firm’s Principal Consultant and Project Head, Dr. Adeloye Adejobi, said the purpose of the innovation is to bring health care access to rural locations by enabling practitioners evaluate, diagnose and treat patient remotely using the latest telecommunications technology.

 

The Non-governmental organization also revealed that their latest discovery was as a result of more than two year research, which he said has received two awards from both the World Bank and the IMF.

 

Dr. Adejobi explained that the new medical technology allows patients to receive expert medical care without having to travel.

 

“Rural health care practitioners can use telemedicine products to capture and transmit medical data and images to peers and specialists whenever necessary, allowing for cost-efficient expert consultations and improved patient care.

 

“Telemedicine enables practitioners to evaluate, diagnose and treat patients remotely using the latest telecommunications technology. In many situations, telemedicine offers numerous benefits as an alternative to traditional in-person medical care.

 

“Many patients find it difficult to travel to clinics, hospitals, or doctors’ offices for any number of reasons. Telemedicine can be a great option for patients with unique challenges or in situations making it difficult to travel to receive traditional care.”

 

According to him, the new health care service can be used to monitor discharged patients and track patient recovery and also facilitating communication between doctors and patients.

 

He added that “Research shows that the use of telehealth technologies results in many positive outcomes including fewer hospital re-admissions, more faithful following of prescribed courses of treatment, and faster recovery than that of patients not receiving remote intervention.

 

“Telemedicine allows hospitals to create networks to provide each other with support. By easily sharing their expertise outside their own institutions, doctors can offer incredible value to their medical colleagues and those colleagues’ patients.”

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