 Heartline launches telemedicine project
 Heartline Telemedical Services was inaugurated in Chennai on July 31, 2006, by Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology Dayanidhi Maran. The Minister made an impassioned plea to the medical fraternity to step up services in the rural areas and use modern technology to reach out to villages and interior areas in particular.
Earlier, Dr J S Rajkumar, director, Heartline Telemedical Services, in his welcome address, said the new product would help transform healthcare in India.
This device can be purchased and used by the patient anytime, anywhere. When a patient is in distress, all he needs to do is dial a toll-free number. The call will be answered and the device is to be switched on and attached to the patient. The device will record and transmit the information required to the diagnostic hub. The transmission will be received by the diagnostic hub and a printout will be provided to the doctor who will then make the diagnosis and advice that would be conveyed to the patient. This service is available to the patient anywhere in a matter of minutes.
"In this day and age when industry is rapidly growing and aged parents are left at home the whole day, as children work late hours, Heartline Telemedical Services Private Limited offers tele health check-ups and tele diagnostics with advice. These products and services will enable the patient to have access to a doctor 24/7", said Dr
Rajkumar.
 Dr Selva Annamalai, managing director, Heartline Telemedical Services, introduced the second category of products called The Tele Health Check (THC).
The THC consists of a small portable case containing the devices to check ECG, BP, saturation and Spirometry. This will give the rural masses access to a facility to check for common diseases - diabetes, cardiac disease and lung disease.
The Heartline centre in Chennai will be manned by experienced doctors including cardiologists who will be available for reporting on all the tests done. The ECG will be transmitted via GPRS from the village/factory to Heartline centre, and they would be read by the doctors who will report back to the nurse who has done the tests.
The advantages of this technology are that it can also be used to conduct company/corporate employee health checks and Mass Screening Programmes in rural communities. This technology and service saves time as the screening and diagnosis can be done anywhere.
Maverick is the first fitness company to deploy the Tele Health Check to all its clients.
"This revolutionary technology is the first of its kind in India and it enables patients to have accessibility to a doctor 24 hours a day from anywhere. This monitoring system can be used for diabetes, cardiac and respiratory problems and fetal activity. The patient can be diagnosed and checked up for these conditions without any travel, in a matter of minutes, which can prove to be very critical," said Dr Selva
Annamalai.
Among those who lauded the projects were Prof Thanikachalam (former vice-chancellor, SRMC&RI), Chandrasekaran (executive VP & MD, Cognizant), Raghavendra Rao (CMD, Orchid Pharmaceuticals) and S R Raja (MLA, Tambaram constituency) and congratulated Dr Rajkumar and his team.
Moshe Peleg, chairman, Heartline Telemedical Services, said the project gave a glimpse of the vast talent available in India. R
Rangaraj
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