The Punjab (India) Health Minister had inaugurated the telemedicine project in Mohali to provide a digital link between Mohali Civil Hospital, PGI Chandigarh, Punjab Health Systems Corporation (PHSC) and C-DAC.
The tele-medicine project implies the usage of modern tele-linking technology to provide medical facilities and expert medical opinions of specialists in remote locations. In the first phase, the data related with diagnostic test reports, X-rays and other information will be transferred under the tele-medicine project from the civil hospital to experts sitting at distant places. Video conferencing with experts will also be possible under the project. Under Phase I, three government hospitals Government Mata Kaushalya Hospital Patiala, Sub-Divisional Hospital, Dasuya, Hoshiarpur and Sub-Divisional Hospital Ajnala, Amritsarwere connected to PGI Chandigarh with the help of V-SAT technology. This is the second phase of the expansion of the tele-medicine project in Punjab. The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Department of IT has sanctioned a project with a total outlay of INR 414 lakh. Under the project, 23 hospitals will be connected to PGI and other colleges in Punjab. As per the officials, the hospitals to be connected in the near future are: the Government Medical College Amritsar, Rajindra Hospital Patiala, Medical College Faridkot, District Hospital Amritsar, Bathinda, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ferozpur, Faridkot, Gurdaspur, Civil Hospitals at Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga, Muktsar, SDH Badal, District Muktsar, Nawan Shahar, Rupnagar, Sangrur, Mohali, Tarn Taran, and Barnala.
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