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Mending Hearts Via Satellite

Posted by timothy on from the hi-it's-the-future-you're-late dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Read how a cardiac surgeon and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are engaged in a 15-month-old experiment in telemedicine, using computer software and satellite hook-ups to make available their specialist services to general practitioners treating heart patients in other parts of India."

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  1. Impressive, however by isorox · · Score: 3, Informative

    I was more impressed with Telemedicine Link With South Pole Allows Remote Knee Surgery.