Telemedicine network to benefit seven BIMSTEC nations
13-Jul-17, ET Healthworld
A telemedicine network wherein health professionals from the seven-nation group of BIMSTEC will be able to interact regularly and share knowledge has been launched. BIMSTEC is an organisation involving India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan, and Nepal, home to around 1.5 billion people, or around 22 percent of the global population.
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The JIPMER-BIMSTEC Telemedicine Network (JBTN) is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Act East" policy. "Some of the medical problems are peculiar to BIMSTEC countries and there is a great deal of disparity in quality and access to healthcare between urban and rural regions in these countries," JIPMER said.