Tele ICUs at SGPGI Lucknow to be functional from December
According to the release, the Director of SGPGI, Dr Radhakrishna Dhiman informed that the ICU units of six medical colleges of the state will be connected to the tele ICU of PGI by the first week of December.;
Lucknow: Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) Lucknow will start the "first and largest" telemedicine Intensive Care Units (ICUs) from December across 75 districts of the state, in which the institute will be linked with the ICU unit of other medical colleges for better treatment of patients admitted in medical colleges of other districts.
According to a press release by the State Health Department on Sunday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had ordered to start the service of Tele ICU so that patients suffering from serious diseases can get treatment like PGI in the ICU of the medical college present in their own district.
According to the release, the Director of PGI, Dr Radhakrishna Dhiman informed that the ICU units of six medical colleges of the state will be connected to the tele ICU of PGI by the first week of December.
"In the first phase, around 200 ICU beds from six medical colleges will be connected to PGI. In which 60 beds will be from PGI, 40 beds from Gorakhpur and 20 beds from other medical colleges. Dr. Dhiman informed that medical colleges of Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Meerut, Prayagraj, Jhansi and Agra will be connected with Tele ICU of PGI. Soon this facility will be expanded to 75 districts," said the release.
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