The Pan African e-Network Project, meant to connect 53 countries of the African Union (AU) by satellite and fibre optic network, is an initiative of the former President of India P.J. Abdul Kalam.
A Mauritian Health Ministry official indicated Monday that the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam National Hospital in Mauritius will, in addition to the existing tele-medicine facility already set up at its Cardiac Centre, subsequently be equipped with the state-of-the-art technology and facilities to provide expert services to the other hospitals conn ected in the region.
This project aims to create significant linkages for tele-education and tele-medicine, making available the facilities and expertise of some of the best universities and Super Speciality hospitals in India to the people of Africa.
''As part of the tele-medicine services, online medical consultation will be provided to the medical practitioners in the patient-end locations from Indian medical specialists in various disciplines, specialities and sub-specialities, such as general/internal medicine, cardiology, neurology, pathology, dermatology, urology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, oncology, gyna ecology, infectious diseases and ophthalmology,'' the official said.
According to him, the Pan African e-network will connect 5 universities, 53 learning centres, 10 Super Speciality hospitals and 53 remote hospitals in the 53 AU member countries.
There will be two universities from India and three from Africa; three Super Speciality Hospitals from India and seven from Africa.
It will also provide network connectivity through Voice-Over IP, video conference as well as support to e-Governance, e-Commerce, infotainment, resource mapping and meteorological services.
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Quelle/Source: Afrique en ligne, 13.07.2009
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