As Covid-19 cases continue to rise in the country, a telemedicine organisation has launched smart eClinic and ICU solutions as part of efforts to end the pandemic.
The telemedicine organisation- Gention Global Resources, in a statement by managing director of Gention Global Resources (G-CEIBA), Mr. Segun Ebozoje, said clinical technology innovation such as Tele ICU and eClinic web, mobile application becomes imperative as a result of the risk associated with frontline health workers in the course of attending to Covid-19 outbreak.
“With the towering number of Covid-19 cases across the globe and its pressure on existing health care structure, the important of mHealth/telehealth facilities to allow health providers to see and monitor patients without being in the same room become paramount.
He noted that the process of certification for deployment and use in the Nigerian healthcare industry is ongoing.
“We have written to a number of hospitals in Abuja and Lagos, a couple of them have shown interest on the eConnect Box before the lock down. We are yet to deploy it in Nigeria.”
Continuing, he said, “Telemedicine in general lowers health care cost, drives up efficiency and provides patients better access to higher quality of care.
“Telemedicine will allow us as a nation to leverage our clinical work force. Telemedicine will enable our physicians to reach out to multiple times the number of patients you normally can handle.
“This will decrease the amount of money being used for PPEs and drugs especially during the pandemic and it will save lives of many Nigerians as the physician can intervene their patients timely. G-CEIBA Tele ICU system created smart alarms using AI to help physicians intervene their patients before any negative event occurs.”
