In an ICU department of a hospital in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, a doctor hundreds, even thousand miles away is able to diagnose whether a patient has suffered a heart attack or stroke using telemedicine in a matter of minutes. The patient is monitored using a ECG device that is connected to the Internet. A cardiologist (physicians specialising in disorders of the heart) who could be in the same hospital or at home thousands of miles away can see the results of the ECG in just three minutes, a life saving time for such a diagnosis.
To read more about this achievement, read more at The Hindu
.