[Telecentres] Rural Tele- medical kit/ rural internet kiosk

[Elizabeth Carll, PhD]

I have pasted below information, from another list to which I am subscribed,
which may be of interest to members on this list.

Best regards,

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
Focal Point to WSIS
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
Chair, Media/ICT Working Group
NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York;
Vice President
Communications Coordination Committee for the UN
Tel: 631-754-2424
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 ***Rural Tele- medical kit***

On Thursday 12 May 2005 19:47, Ponnapa PG wrote:
 n-Logue and Nuerosynaptics yesterday launched the
 rural tele-medical kit at a village in Sivaganga Dist
 in TN . The District collector inaugrated the
 function.
 This kit priced at under Rs 15,000 is connected to the
 rural internet kiosk and can transmit ECG, Pressure ,
 Temp , pulse and stethoscope data.

 We will be now taking it to over 100 villages in the  first phase in
partnership with hospitals .

 Ponnapa

Wonderful. I have been talking about the concept for years, but
you are the first I have seen doing it. Please send full
details. Can we connect your kit to a Simputer or Mobilis
running Linux? What are the hardware interfaces? What does the
software run on?

What about electronic imaging for eye, ear, nose, throat, and
skin, and for the doctor and patient to see each other? Voice
over IP so the doctor can ask the patient questions directly?

I have a contact at Stanford University who is also in a startup
to create non-invasive blood chemistry instruments, starting
with blood sugar measurements for diabetics. That means that
they take the measurement by shining light through the skin, and
don't need to draw even a drop of blood. Would you like to make
contact with them?
--
Edward Cherlin, Simputer Evangelist
Encore Technologies (S) Pte. Ltd.
The Village Information Society
http://cherlin.blogspot.com