AHMEDABAD: To bring medical care to the doorsteps of remote tribal villages, Ahmedabad-based non-profit organization, Dr. K.R. Shroff Foundation (KRSF) has supported. Gram Seva Trust (GST), an NGO based in Kharel village Navsari District, to begin with Telemedicine Program.
The program was launched in collaboration with a US-based software service provider. Evolco, as a technology partner. It will be run in about 25 villages of Dang district of South Gujarat region.
These telemedicine based healthcare services will strongly complement the existing healthcare infrastructure in these regions, improve the productivity of doctors and also increase the quality and efficiency of healthcare for the needy.
“GST treats around 3,000 to 4,000 patients every month in 25 villages. After the implementation of this telemedicine program, we expect the number to almost double in the coming months. More importantly, the quality of healthcare will improve dramatically over time because of the history available with AI-technology. We plan to track the quality of improvement for each patient and also track the gains in productivity through the use of AI-enabled software. The project will later be extrapolated to other tribal areas and rural belts of Gujarat,” said KRSF president Uday Desai.
KRSF will support 25 health workers – one for each village – with financial support to staff workers as well as project coordinators and doctors, and equip them with medical equipment to run the programme.
GST Trustee Dr. “We believe that telemedicine-enabled monitoring and consulting of patients in the rural healthcare sector will dramatically improve the overall quality of the healthcare service delivery system in Waghai taluka of Dang district,” said Ashwin Shah.
To more effectively address long-term health conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, anemia and malnutrition, remote patient monitoring and care planning systems will come in handy.
