Sahara India Medical Institute Ltd, a subsidiary of the real estate firm Sahara Prime City Ltd, is planning to set up a telemedicine network connecting 220 hospitals across the country.

The company, which has recently launched its first tertiary care hospital at Lucknow, is setting up two more hospitals at Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. Besides, the company will also set up 30 bedded multi-speciality secondary care hospitals in its 217 Sahara City Homes Townships, announced as the world's largest chain of well-planned high quality townships in India.

All the 220 hospitals will have a capability of multiple concurrent Tele-Medicine sessions complimented by Tele-consultation to enable doctors at different centers to share expert opinions and advice on any patient at any of these hospitals, announced the company officials.

The hospitals will be equipped with hi-tech IT facilities for transferring patient's data, medical records, audible signs of patients and diagnostic images and videos, both live and stored across all 219 hospitals with support from the central hub at Sahara Hospital, Lucknow. However, the company has not revealed the investment for the new projects.

The network will cover the 554 bedded multi-disciplinary, super-speciality tertiary care Sahara Hospital Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 1500 bedded multi super-speciality, tertiary care Sahara Hospital at Aamby Valley City, Maharashtra and a 200 bedded multi-speciality tertiary care hospital at Gorakhpur, UP along with the 217 thirty bedded hospitals.

All critical parameters of patients admitted at the 217 Hospitals can be viewed live with the help of integrating bed-side monitors to the Tele-Medicine Server located at Sahara City Homes and the same will be linked on a dedicated lease circuit to Sahara Hospital, Lucknow. For the first time in India, Integrated Tele-Medicine System to transmit patient's Medical records from HIS (Hospital Information System), Radiological Images from PACS (Picture Archival and Communication System) and Voice & Videos simultaneously will be functional across all the 220 hospitals, added the officials.

Sushanto Roy, head - Infrastructure & Housing, Sahara Prime City Limited said, "The hospitals at Sahara City Homes Townships are conceptualized to be patient friendly and aim to provide medical facilities of highest standards. The Integration of latest IT & Medical Technologies will contribute to achieve the highest standards of Medical Care and Research in the network of 220 Sahara Hospitals."

The hospitals will offer advanced diagnostic facilities like Digital X-ray, Ultrasound, 2D Echo (Color Doppler), TMT, Video Endoscope, ECG, Nasal Endoscope and Colposcope through latest generation medical equipments. A full-fledged Pathology Lab with support from Sahara Hospital, Lucknow and 24-hour pharmacy outlets will be facilitated in all the centres.