Shillong, Dec 19: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday virtually launch the 10-bed ICU project and Tele ICU hub at a function held in the State Convention Centre here.
The 10-bed ICU Project is a Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode project between the Health and Family Welfare Department of Meghalaya Govt and NGOs – eGov Foundation and Karuna Trust – led by eGov Foundation.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister said that the 10-bed ICU project will be a game changer in the health care services in the State.
He further said that this not is just an ICU that’s coming up, but this is much more than that.
“We are creating a massive database and AI being part of that will allow us now to transform and be able to create a better preventive medication system in the coming days,” he said.
He observed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) would play a very important role in the implementation of the data that are available and also help take policy decision on how to change and improve things in the health delivery system.
Other who spoke on the occasion include Health Minister, Ampareen Lyngdoh, Chief Secretary, DP Wahlang, Founder of Khosla Ventures, Vinod Khosla and INFOSYS chairman, Nandan Nilekani.
HDFC Bank Parivartan funded the 10BedICU ward and Vinod Khosla supported the 10-bed ICU wards in the different districts. Vinod Khosla also funded the Tele-ICU Hub and spokes.
10-bed ICU is made possible by eGovernments Foundation’s CARE platform, a cloud-based open source patient management tool, as well as a smart capacity management software and patient management software. These form a TeleICU module which runs on Google Cloud’s secure, scalable and reliable infrastructure and can be seamlessly accessed in real-time by medical professionals at the TeleICU hub in Naga Hospital Authority and the connected spoke hospitals.
The 10-bed ICU is being implemented in eight states, including Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Assam, Nagaland, Sikkim and Meghalaya. 200 ICU units have been set up across the project states. The Tele-ICU Hub and spoke model is showing promising signs of evolving into a transformation healthcare model, especially in resource constraint and remote locations.
