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Health-2: Telemedicine Company Brings $1 Virtual Checkups To Poor Countries
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Nov 17 2011 03:50 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
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There aren't too many doctors in the village of Hari Ke Kalan,
. . . in the Punjab region of northern India.
But for $1, residents who bicycle to a new health clinic
. . . can get an appointment with a physician
. . . appearing on a large-screen television and
. . . beamed in over broadband Internet.
as broadband costs have dropped and
. . . reliable wireless communication has penetrated more and more of the country,
. . . chances are better that telemedicine will succeed.
Indian patients have been amazingly quick
. . . to accept telemedicine, says Maheshwari.
Radiologists with her company provide consultations
. . . over the Internet for free clinics
. . . in northern India built by Cisco Systems.
"We see about 20 patients a day," she says.
. . . "Now everyone wants a doctor in Bangalore."
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There aren't too many doctors in the village of Hari Ke Kalan,
. . . in the Punjab region of northern India.
But for $1, residents who bicycle to a new health clinic
. . . can get an appointment with a physician
. . . appearing on a large-screen television and
. . . beamed in over broadband Internet.
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as broadband costs have dropped and
. . . reliable wireless communication has penetrated more and more of the country,
. . . chances are better that telemedicine will succeed.
Indian patients have been amazingly quick
. . . to accept telemedicine, says Maheshwari.
Radiologists with her company provide consultations
. . . over the Internet for free clinics
. . . in northern India built by Cisco Systems.
"We see about 20 patients a day," she says.
. . . "Now everyone wants a doctor in Bangalore."
