New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The ministry of health and family welfare on Friday said that it would soon utilise the services of the National Medical College Network (NMCN) - a national task force on tele-medicine - to combat the scarcity of doctors in the rural parts of the country.
"We have already set up the regional centres. We are soon going to start the services of NMCN as well. We are trying to start it within six months. People in the rural parts of the country will be highly benefited," said Navneet Kumar Dhamija, deputy commissioner of tele-medicine at the health ministry.
Tele-medicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies to provide clinical health care at a distance and can improve access to medical services that would often not be consistently available in far flung rural communities.
Dhamija said the ministry has already set up a few tertiary care academic institutes in different regions of the country known as Medical Knowledge Resource Centres.
"Each of which will be connected to medical colleges (nodes) in that region," he told reporters during a workshop organised for the representatives of the regional centres.
The workshop was organised on the sidelines of the "Endo-Surg 2015", an initiative to update surgery processes. The event was held at AIIMS and was inaugurated by the director of the institution M.C. Misra.
The regional centres include Shillong in the north-east, Pondicherry in the south, Chandigarh in the north and Mumbai in the west.
Dhamija said over 2.5 lakh villages will be benefited through the tele-medicine network.
Additional professor of surgery at AIIMS, Subodh Kumar, who is closely associated with the project said the attempt is to bring more and more colleges under the centres.
"District hospitals and dispensaries in villages will also be connected to it. This will fulfil the gap that has prevailed in remote areas due to the absence of doctors," he said.
Khel Ratna Awards: 'The decision is now in the hands of the country', Manu's father suspects conspiracy on Khel Ratna, know what he said
Top pistol shooter Manu Bhaker, who was reportedly not nominated for the country's biggest sports award Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna despite creating history by winning two bronze medals at the Paris
Mahavatar Narsimha Collection: Mahavatar Narsimha's name resounded all over the world, and the earnings on the 17th day were historic
Currently, if any film is getting a tremendous response in theatres, then it is South Cinema's mythological animated film Mahavtar Narasimha. After a slow start, this film has made a strong comeback
Pakistan News: People demonstrated against the increasing tax on electricity bills, saying - there is no money to pay the bill
Amid the steep hike in fuel cost adjustment (FCA) charges on electricity bills, on Monday, many people holding banners and placards in anger took to the streets and gathered in front of Peshawar
GST collection rises to Rs 1.30 lakh crore in October, second-largest collection since July 1, 2017
Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection rose to Rs 1.30 lakh crore in October. This is the second largest collection after the implementation of GST on July 1, 2017. It is above Rs 1 lakh crore for
'This is not such a big issue', controversial statement of SP MP Ramjilal Suman on the rape of a girl in Agra.
SP MP Ramji Lal Suman's statement on the rape incident, which made PDA an issue, has once again come into the headlines. On Sunday, Suman, who came to meet the victim's family, said in response to a
Corona: Kejriwal government's decision, IPL matches will not be held in Delhi
The Delhi government has taken another major decision regarding the corona virus. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has said that IPL bans have been banned. They have said that a person can
IND vs. PAK: Babar Azam will not be able to forget this defeat! Pakistan embarrassed in Colombo; Many unwanted records related to the name
Before facing India in the Super-4 round of Asia Cup 2023, captain Babar Azam said that the Pakistan team has played a lot of cricket in Sri Lanka in the recent past. In such a situation, they will
GSEB 12th Result: How many students were successful in Gujarat Board 12th result, what was the success percentage, read here
GSEB 12th Result: Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) has declared the results of the GSEB HSC general stream examination i.e. Faculty of Arts and Commerce (Commerce). The
Bihar lockdown again: Bihar may see a week-end lockdown, CM Nitish's big decision likely today
Bihar Lockdown Again because of the increasing cases of CoronaVirus Infection in Bihar, the State Government may take a major decision to impose lockdown. It is likely to start with a weekend
US Commission wanted to put India on the Red List on Human Rights, Jaishankar had told a lot
Giving knowledge on human rights to India from the US has backfired and it has been asked by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has given a befitting reply. On behalf of US Secretary of State
