Telemedicine - the new link between Pakistan, India

A 32-year-old Pakistani woman diagnosed as suffering from the brain tumour has benefited from Apollo Hospital’s newly launched New Delhi-Lahore telemedicine link by getting expert advice from radiation oncologists.

The crucial link, a boon for patients and caregivers, looking for the best medical opinions, was inaugurated in Lahore today by Ms Anne Marie Moncure, Managing Director, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals. Ms Sapna Tiwari, First Secretary (Commercial), High Commission of India in Pakistan, special invitee to the function, hailed the link as “the ties of compassion and care, different from any other ties between the countries…