Tele-medicine the Aga Khan University Hospital way: Medical consultation a tap on your phone screen wayTele-consulting with a patient, Dr Dilraj Sohki of Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi. “I work in the public service meaning that I lose time every time I go to the hospital and considering my daughter is in form four, she also loses critical time on our way there,” adds Anne whose daughter attends clinic at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. A second patient whom we shall simply refer to as Allice is also a beneficiary of the tele-consultation program by Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. Importantly, through media like WhatsApp video calls we are able to interact and even send prescriptions via email that are authentic,” says Dr Sokhi a neurologist at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. Although not all hospitals have embraced such an approach, Aga Khan University, Nairobi has set the pace by offering services such as dietetics, family medicine clinic, and medical clinics like neurology, rheumatology, and cardiology among others via tele-consultation.

Source: Standard Digital May 01, 2020 09:00 UTC