ETHIRAJ travels about 15 km to Chingleput government hospital for a routine health check up. The 45-year-old farmer has been doing this for a decade to see doctors either for himself or for his family members.

Technology has made it easy for doctors to detect various diseases. But it is restricted only to people in urban areas. The country's large rural population continues to suffer from non-availability of simple and standard healthcare infrastructure.

It is to bridge this major gap that the Bangalore-based Neurosynaptic Communications Pvt Ltd and the TeNeT (The Telecommunication and Computer Networks) Group at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, have developed a low-cost telemedicine solution for rural areas.

It includes a remote diagnostic kit and a personal computer to provide basic healthcare infrastructure in rural areas, and help people like Ethiraj sitting in villages get advice from doctors in urban areas......Read More

Source: Business Line