Chandrashekhara S H

"What a spectacular illustration indeed of Artificial Intelligence #AI, robotics, and real-time medical expertise, expanding the reach of specialised healthcare beyond geographical barriers! In the Indian context, particularly relevant, for example, to natives living in remote peripheral regions and troops deployed on the borders.       Indigenously developed, jointly by AIIMS New Delhi, Rajiv Gandhi Superspeciality Hospital and IIT Delhi, in collaboration with the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) Goa  under the Ministry of Earth Sciences #MoES, the system demonstrates how it enables a doctor seated in Delhi to conduct a real-time ultrasound examination of a volunteer located over 12,000 kilometres away in the Antarctica.            Proud to note that one of the joint team members, Dr Vikas Dogra had done his MD Medicine thesis under me when I was his PG Professor-Guide.                Tele-Robotics is set to add a new dimension to healthcare with value addition through AI, heralding a new dawn of doorstep medical intervention even in the most inaccessible corners of this vast country.       An apt instance of "Whole-of-Science & Whole of Government" approach, often reiterated by PM Sh @NarendraModi".