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Realises Kalam’s dream of connecting India with all 53 countries in Africa
Bangalore, May 29, 2009: Narayana Hrudayalaya, the largest cardiac centre in the world has launched its telemedicine operations for the Aftican Unioun through the Pan-African e-Network Project, the vision of former president Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam. Inaugurated on 26th Feb 2009, this project aims at connecting India with all 53 countries of the African Union through a satellite and fiber optic network for sharing India’s expertise in education and health care is now a reality.
Dr. Devi Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya, said, “India has the tremendous advantage of highly trained, technically skilled manpower. Using technology we could offer high-tech healthcare solutions to these region through a satellite link. The quality of healthcare infrastructure in most of the African countries is poor. Pan African e-Network will immensely help to achieve our objective of servicing the poorer sections of society without compromising on quality”.
Funded by the Government of India, with an approved budgeted cost of 542.90 crore, the underlying objective of the Pan-African e-Network project is to provide tele-medicine services, medical and educational, by way of wholesome on-line medical consultations to the medical practitioners in the African Union. The Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India has been designated as the Nodal Ministry while the Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) has been designated as the turnkey Implementing Agency.
12 leading Indian Super Specialty Hospitals have been associated with the project of which six are already functioning
“We are already being referred to patients from 56 countries all across this region. Having a live connection there will help us to reach out to lot more people, thus making our vision of transforming the healthcare sector and providing access to quality healthcare at affordable costs, more achievable,” Dr Devi Shetty added.
To ensure the success of the project, Narayana Hrudayalaya has built its own sound proof studio with the parameters of decibels laid down by TCIL. A 24 hour chilling unit for servers, a production control room for exclusive AV set-up and 24 hour man power availability guarantee smooth operations of the project.
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