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ISRO Chairman inaugurates tele-neurosurgery facility

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Manipal Hospital to provide telemedicine consultation for neurological problems

VIA SATELLITE: ISRO Chairman G. Madhavan Nair (left) at the inauguration of the tele-neurosurgery facility at Manipal Hospital in Bangalore on Thursday with Manipal Institute of Neurological Disorders Director N.K. Venkataramana and Manipal Health Sy stems CEO R. Basil. — Photo: Murali Kumar K.

BANGALORE: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G. Madhavan Nair inaugurated a tele-neurosurgery facility at Manipal Hospital here on Thursday.

This was followed by a live surgical workshop on disc nucleoplasty conducted by Med Rainer Dunnebell from Germany along with neurosurgeons of the Manipal Institute of Neurological Disorders (MIND). The surgery was telecast live to delegates attending the workshop in addition to Cliniq Du Nord in Mauritius with which the hospital has a telemedicine link.

Mr. Nair said, "ISRO has brought space technology down and, in the form of telemedicine, today healthcare is reaching the masses. We at ISRO will try to enable ambulances with telemedicine facility so that accident and trauma cases get immediate attention from specialists." The tele-neurosurgery facility will allow access to consultants working in the neurosurgical intensive care unit at the hospital. The biggest beneficiaries will be doctors treating patients with head injury and stroke. Deaths can be reduced and quality of life after treatment improved.

Consultants at the hospital will also provide regular telemedicine consultation for all neurological problems faced by physicians or neurosurgeons at peripheral centres and enable them make appropriate clinical decisions. The unit will provide continuous medical education too in the form of talks, workshops and live surgical demonstrations.

Speaking at the launch, MIND Director N.K. Venkataramana said, "Through this telemedicine network, live surgeries like disc nucleoplasty and brain bypass can be transmitted to national and international medical centres."

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