Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals Kolkata launched India’s first comprehensive 5 G-connected ambulance service in Kolkata on Friday. Th...
Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals Kolkata launched India’s first comprehensive 5 G-connected ambulance service in Kolkata on Friday.
The
comprehensively connected 5G
Ambulance is set to transform access to healthcare and save lives in emergency
situations. The custom-designed, state-of-the-art 5G-connected Ambulance is equipped
with the latest medical equipment, patient monitoring applications, and
telemetry devices that transmit the patient’s health data to the hospital with
low latency. It is also equipped with onboard cameras connected to
the ultra-fast and low-latency 5G network. The integrated connected care technology solution is provided by
HealthNet Global Limited.
Dr K Hari Prasad, president, Hospitals Division, Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Limited, said, “The 5G-connected ambulances use advances in technology to provide immediate access to the seriously ill and injured. It enables advanced care from the spot where the patient is through the journey to the hospital and in the Emergency room. This is truly a pathbreaking initiative and will be an important tool in saving precious lives.” He also announced that this emergency service would be provided free of cost within city limits. As of now, one ambulance is on call with two more being readied for service. Plans are to have 200 such ambulances pan India within the next six months.
Rana Dasgupta, CEO, Eastern
Region, Apollo Hospitals Group, said, “Keeping up with our tradition to always offer modern healthcare, we
bring the 5G-connected ambulance to save the lives of critical patients
and utilize
the Golden Hour to the benefit of patients. The ambulance will provide
real-time images and data due to super-fast streaming and the image clarity
would also be very high due to the 5G technology. Treatment will now begin when
the patient is on the way to the hospital.”
Dr Surinder Singh Bhatia,
Director Medical Service, Apollo Hospitals, Kolkata, said, “The criticality of the 'Golden Hour' is
well known and it can mean the difference between life and death for seriously
ill or trauma patients in an emergency. The Golden Hour is impacted by the
facilities in an ambulance and the distance from the hospital. With the 5G-connected ambulance, it is
the hospital on wheels that reaches the patient to start early management.”
Dr Arijit Bose, Senior Consultant &
Head Department of Emergency Medicine, Apollo Multispeciality
Hospitals, Kolkata, added, “The super-fast streaming and the image
clarity of the 5G-connected ambulance would help us to save many lives as
timely treatment can be started even in the transit phase in the ambulance
itself. Along with medication, if needed, interventions and intubations can
also be done in the ambulance itself.”
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