Apollo hospital in Hyderabad is planning to expand its ‘critical care’ services to rural and remote areas with Proton and eICU technology for the first time in India.
Embarking on a new and innovative medical technology to provide critical care facilities in the rural and remote areas in the country, Apollo hospitals in Hyderabad has brought in the latest Proton and eICU technology for the first time in India. The eICU technology helps to remotely monitor and aid in treating critical patients in ICUs, in any part of the world from a command center at Apollo Health City.
“eICU makes a huge difference to health care, there aren’t many specialist intensivists but eICU will help in connecting where ever they are and seek their expertise in diagnosing and treating a patient in a remote hospital. The smaller hospitals can connect through this and offer the best ICU care at their hospitals. Their patients will tremendously benefit too as they need not travel to distant cities for healthcare and save on costs,” said Dr. Prathap C. Reddy, chairman, Apollo Health City, while inaugurating a 3 day ‘Criticalcare Apollo 2014’ training programme in Hyderabad.
Healthcare specialists feel that critical care is one of the most demanding disciplines in medical stream, the specialists need to constantly monitor multitude of parameters.
According to Dr. Rajib Paul "Critical Care Medicine" deals with the sickest of patients in the hospital setting and is synonymous with ICU care. It is a relatively new but an increasingly important medical specialty.
Critical Care Medicine forms the backbone of medical and surgical treatment in the hospital, as almost every 3rd hospitalised patient requires specialised, ICU care at some point of their stay in the hospital.
The challenges Critical care specialists face include lack of adequate, trained Critical Care specialists, lack of supportive infrastructure in most hospitals, non-availability of good ICUs in smaller centers, says Dr Paul.
During the 3 day event, renowned specialists from all over the country along with senior Apollo critical care specialists delivered lectures on various topics covering ICU care. They also discussed topics and critical care aspects relating to severe Dengue fever, complicated pneumonias kidney failure and dialysis.