Bharti Airtel collaborates with Apollo Hospitals and Cisco to develop a 5G - enabled ambulance
INTRODUCTION
Bharti Airtel, India's
second-largest telecom operator has partnered with Apollo Hospitals and Cisco
to develop a 5G connected ambulance. that includes cutting-edge medical
equipment, patient monitoring apps, and telemetry devices that send real-time
health data to the hospital. It also has onboard cameras, camera-based
headgear, and bodycams for paramedics, all of which are linked to Airtel's
ultra-fast and low-latency 5G network. It transforms healthcare access and
saves lives in emergencies. The 5G trial spectrum allocated to Airtel by the
Department of Telecom was used to demonstrate a custom-designed, state-of- the
art ambulance in Bengaluru. It is equipped with technology such as AR/VR which
will allow the ambulance to function as an extension of the emergency room by
being linked to the hospital at all times.
This could also assist in virtually transporting doctors to the ambulance. The hospital's command centre receives the geo-location of every ambulance via the high-speed, low-latency 5G network. ensuring that the closest ambulance reaches the important patient in time to save the patient's golden hour. The ambulance sends all of the patient's telemetry data, including vitals, to doctors and experts at the hospital in real-time. This allows ER doctors to make quicker judgments and guide ambulance paramedics on how to provide needed care while on the go. It also prepares hospital workers to better manage patients when they arrive, thus saving precious time.
CONCLUSION
5G will be a game-changer in terms
of enabling new use cases and increasing efficiency across all industries but
particularly in the healthcare sector, since it will provide doctors with
actionable insights to augment patient monitoring and treatment. According to
studies a longer route to the hospital is linked to a higher risk of death with
a 10-kilometer increase in straight-line distance connected with a 10% absolute
increase in mortality. It also suggests that prehospital time management be
made a management purpose
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