NEW DELHI: A hospital in India has deployed a customer-service robot to patrol its wards, connecting coronavirus patients to friends and relatives. A tablet attached to Mitra’s chest allows patients to see loved ones, as well as medical staff unable to access the wards. Mitra is mainly used by patients who are not able to communicate using their phones. “We mainly discuss my health,” said Makhanlal Qazi, a retired government bureaucrat and coronavirus patient who has used the robot to communicate with relatives. “Normally it is very difficult for a psychologist or a dietician to see a Covid patient,” Tyagi said, adding the robot is “very useful”.

Source: The Star September 17, 2020 00:22 UTC