Telehealth provides remote consultations for treatment of over 1800 severe COVID-19 cases

Military-run telecom group Viettel announced on August 11 that medical establishments nationwide have carried out 120 consultation session for more than 1,800 severe COVID-19 cases, promptly handling and treating the patients.
Telehealth provides remote consultations for treatment of over 1800 severe COVID-19 cases ảnh 1More than 1,800 severe cases of Covid-19 were consulted via Telehealth Platform (Photo: nld.com.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Military-run telecom group Viettel announced on August 11 that medical establishments nationwide have carried out 120 consultation session for morethan 1,800 severe COVID-19 cases, promptly handling and treating the patients.

The Telehealth platform has been deployed since April 2020. After more than one year, more than 200 hospitals in the country have regularly ultilised the platform for remote consultations. Nearly 600 consultation sessions and more than 200 professional training sessions have been held through this platform. In particular, 35 remote surgical consultations were performed. To date, more than 1,600 medical records have been uploaded to the Telehealth platform.

At the August 8 ceremony to launch the Telehealth platform and debut the NationalTechnology Centre for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, Minister of HealthNguyen Thanh Long said that in the coming time, his ministry willapply online medical examination and treatment registration for all people,promote the application of technological achievements such as big data and artificialintelligence in health care management.

Local medical workers are now able to seek advice from leading experts about how to best treat patients in critical conditions, particularly those with COVID-19, via Telehealth, instead of transferring them to higher-level hospitals.

This will help ease overloads at centrally-run hospitals and minimise direct contacts between patients and medical workers. In the long run, it will enable all people to register for online medical consultations./.
VNA

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