Telemedicine reaches rural Nigeria

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Nigeria's clinics are overcrowded and short on medical staff and beds. A telemedicine pilot project aims to reach patients in remote regions via satellite connection, in order to provide better medical care.

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00:00Shortages are particularly acute in rural areas.

00:04Healthcare facilities are overwhelmed and specialists are often miles away.

00:09Telemedicine aims to ease access via medical care.

00:13With a suitcase full of medical devices, nurses travel to patients to conduct examinations.

00:19Images and measurements are transferred to a doctor via satellite in real time.

00:25I diagnose such patients through the instrumentality of the machine that's available.

00:35You can look at the vital signs, the blood pressure, the temperature, the pore soximeter,

00:41the deoxygen saturation. Those ones are critical measurements.

00:45Since the project began, over 600 patients have been diagnosed remotely

00:50and enjoyed significant advantages.

00:55I have to postpone getting to the hospital because time is not there.

01:01And then money is also involved, having to transport yourself to the hospital.

01:05So those might be a challenge. So that way, all my doctors want to get by to a place,

01:10chemist or pharmacy, just get drugs for the meantime.

01:14During the video consultation, the doctor was friendly and I felt comfortable speaking with him.

01:19All right, thank you.

01:20Before we go on.

01:21I don't see anything at this.

01:22I'm out.

01:23autour of your familyhast Matthieu.

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