Telemedicine can resolve 60% of medical conditions – Expert
Adewara made this known on Sunday at a virtual seminar on Facebook, sponsored by AreaDoc, a telehealth platform developed by Monitor Healthcare Limited, a Lagos-based medical technology and telecommunication firm.
According to her, telemedicine has the potential of transforming the country’s healthcare system and helping the country to ‘leap frog.’ “Nigeria currently has a population of over 200 million, with about 40,000 doctors, 90 percent of whom are on their way out of the country. Adewara said that a lot still needed to be done in terms of investing in digital infrastructure to be able to tap into the current digital revolution and drive its adoption.
“Nigeria spends $8.8 billion on airtime and data. So why can’t we use that to attain universal health coverage so that for every mobile subscriber, there is a deduction that goes toward their healthcare?” she queried.
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