The centre known as Genesis Telecare was inaugurated in Yaounde yesterday 21st April 2009 by the Secretary General in the Ministry of Public Health, Professor Fru Angwafor III.
Prof. Fru Angwafor III said the initiative is a major step towards reducing longstanding problems in the health sector. Telemedicine provides a timely remedy to the numerous difficulties encountered by medical practitioners and patients, he noted.
Through the telemedicine centres patients, in remote or rural areas can electronically get health care services including consultation and treatment without having to travel long distances.
With the aid of video conferences technology, patients can be consulted from the district hospital by a specialist doctor in Yaounde. The medical equipments used for the operation are computerized, making medical diagnosis to be exchanged instantaneously.
With the introduction of telemedicine, health care services are expected to be less expensive, faster and easily reachable.
The project is the fruit of a public-private sector partnership between the Genesis Futuristic Technologies and the Ministry of Public Health.
Jacques Bonjawo, Director General of Genesis Futuristic Technologies said that during the pilot phase of the project, hospitals in Yaounde and Douala will be connected to rural hospitals nationwide.
The Abong Mbang District Hospital is the first rural hospital to be connected to the network and was used at the inaugural to consult a patient.
Some 200 sites are expected to be connected to the network in the next two years.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Elvis Teke
Quelle/Source: Cameroon Radio Television, 22.04.2009
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