Online help for Mumbai’s (India) heart patients
The Asian Heart Institute (AHI) of Mumbai has launched its telemedicine facility for heart patients of the city.
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The Asian Heart Institute (AHI) of Mumbai has launched its telemedicine facility for heart patients of the city.
Soon, blood pressure patients in Chandigarh (India) would be able to send their blood pressure reports to doctors’ cell phone via SMS with the help of mobile handset.
[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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UK-based Loughborough University’s engineers have entered upon a partnership with experts of India to develop a unique mobile phone health monitoring system.
A smart shirt, incorporating stainless steel threads, has been developed by European scientists to monitor heart patients on the move.
A smart shirt, incorporating stainless steel threads, has been developed by European scientists to monitor heart patients on the move.
Telemedicine is still in primary stage in Germany. Electronic monitoring of people’s pulse, blood sugar, blood pressure and weight could soon make life easier for many sick people and may even save lives.