Karnataka: Govt partners with Google Cloud to connect ICU healthcare in remote hospitals
Bengaluru: Google Cloud and e-Governments Foundation, on Monday, launched the first Tele-ICU hub at K.R. Hospital in the presence of Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Health Minister K. Sudhakar in Mysuru which will connect the ICU healthcare in remote hospitals in the state.
"We are excited to partner with Google Cloud which is enabling 10 Bed ICU and the Tele ICU hub with their best-in-class technology. We launched a hub in Manipur with Google Cloud earlier this year and are now launching our first hub in Karnataka," Srikanth Nadhamuni, Chairman, of 10 Bed ICU Project and Managing Trustee, eGovernments Foundation said in a statement.
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10 Bed ICU is a program managed by the eGovernments Foundation that was conceived during the pandemic to create ICUs (intensive care units) in government hospitals across the country, particularly in rural and remote areas, according to an official report.
With 10BedICUs, the aim is to create a hub-and-spoke model where specialists from medical colleges manage the units in taluka hospitals connected to a TeleICU hub.
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