I am attending a Telemedicine workshop/consultative meeting at the RIHS ,Thimphu which will conclude tomorrow. Although I came with lot of enthusiasm, the number of participants called is dissapointingly low. Mongar hospital and JDW are well represented, but the district and peripheral collegues who are actually given the equipment, are not in the scene.
We are discussing the current status of the Telemedicine, which is widely viewed as a dying or defunct project, and ways and means to sustain and take it forward.
The only area which seemed to show some activity is the SAARC Telemedicine Link with PGI Chandigarh and SGPGIMS, Lucknow with weekly CMEs( althought the number of participants was discouraging).
We will come up with certain definite recommenations on day two and will probably give the way forward for telemedicine in Bhutan.
Good news for Mongar is that the whole Telemedicine equipment will get a facelift soon with a new server and a bette LAN facility.
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