The service is no burden to the patients as advice is offered free of charge. These cookies allow the provision of enhance functionality and personalization, such as videos and live chats. Dr Suhail Chughtai told The News in an interview that he designed “Telemedicine based Corona Helpline” to give an opportunity to people to take free medical advice on corona like symptoms to minimise the need to go out where they can either catch a virus or spread it. After typing name and city, they are connected to the doctor over live video link with average time ranging from 5-15 seconds. He said that if all these people had rushed to the hospitals instead, along with their family members, they would have been more vulnerable to the virus. A British Pakistani orthopaedic surgeon has started a free of charge telemedicine corona helpline to help in controlling the spread of Coronavirus in Pakistan. I presented the idea at a press conference at the inauguration of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine Annual Conference in Lahore last month which was widely welcomed and endorsed by Prof Dr Akram with great support from the Punjab governor who led the initiative on front foot. Over 1,000 young doctors have registered expression of interest and at present. ContactCenterWorld is The Global Association for Contact Center & Customer Engagement Best Practices. According to the website, for any shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing noticed by the doctor, guidelines are followed to arrange an ambulance by calling 1122 on behalf of the patient after knowing their address. 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He has researched and designed HTML outlines of more than a dozen Telemedicine solutions which are converted into Software websites, now being practiced internationally. “As the COVID-19 containment phase now progresses to spread of the epidemic, I thought Telemedicine to be the bridge between people and doctors while home-isolation is practiced. “I have talked to AJK President Masood Ahmed Khan and steps are being taken to set up corona telemedicine helpline centres there.”. After typing name and city, they are connected to the Doctor over Live Video Link with average time ranging from 5-15 seconds. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. Punjab Governor’s Principal Secretary Dr. Rashid Mansoor, University of Health Sciences (UHS) Vice Chancellor Dr. Javed Akram, King Edward Medical University (KEMU) VC Dr. Khalid Masood Gondal, Fetima Jinnah Medical University VC Prof. Dr. Amir Zaman, Faisalabad Medical University VC Dr. Zaffar Ali, Nashtar Medical University Multan VC Dr. Mustafa Kamal and others were also present. A British Pakistani orthopaedic surgeon has started a free of charge telemedicine corona helpline to help in controlling the spread of Coronavirus in Pakistan. We have now been asked to extend the service to other provinces too for which Governor and CM of Punjab are working with the Federal authorities and Prime Minister’s team to help with the logistics.”. We’re a specialist Contact Centre business and market leaders helping socially focused organisations deliver quality support to their clients and service users. “There should be no political point scoring at this testing time, rather it was the time to get united against coronavirus. I presented the idea at a press conference at the inauguration of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine Annual Conference in Lahore last month which was widely welcomed and endorsed by Prof Dr Akram with great support from the Punjab governor who led the initiative on front foot.”. हम पर्याप्त संतुलन नहीं था, हम इसके लिए भुगतान, जिदाने ओ 3:2 बेटिस साथ: रियल बेहतर और इच्छाशक्ति प्राप्त कर सकते हैं.