KARACHI:Balochistan government has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ChildLife Foundation to establish Telemedicine Satellite Centers in all district hospitals of Balochistan, providing quality emergency services to approximately two million children annually.
Health Secretary Balochistan Noor Ul Haq Baloch, and Dr Ahson Rabbani, CEO – ChildLife, signed the agreement after approval by the provincial cabinet. Operational by end 2021, these Telemedicine Satellite Centers in 32 district hospitals will be equipped with state-of-the-art communication facilities to connect local healthcare professionals to senior healthcare practitioners across the network of ChildLife Foundation.
We will be able to provide tele-consultation, virtual round, system check and observations to the patients living in the far-flung areas of Balochistan through these Telemedicine Satellite Centers. The nurses placed in the satellite centers will be administering medicine as consulted by the doctor.
CEO ChildLife Foundation Ahson Rabbani said that the establishment of 32 telemedicine satellite centres in Balochistan will help greatly reduce child mortality in the province by providing world-class pediatric emergency care. “Our Emergency Room in Civil Hospital Quetta, which started almost a year ago in partnership with the government team, will support these satellite centers. This is another milestone for ChildLife to save as many children’s lives as possible by providing access to quality emergency healthcare,” he said.
It is pertinent to note that all children’s emergency services are provided 24X7, absolutely free of cost by the foundation. In collaboration with Balochistan and Sindh government, ChildLife Foundation has also set up Children’s Emergency Centers at 10 government teaching hospitals and 32 satellite centers in both provinces each working tirelessly to save the lives of the children.