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Dec 27, 1999
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SPECIAL SERIES Raagesh
Shah, 35
Instrumentation Engineer
HEART
HEADED
Imagine
a small hospital in the hinterland being transferred to a super-speciality
unit in a Delhi hospital. Unimaginable? Not for Raagesh Shah. The
telemedicine system that the Ahmedabad-based engineer has developed can
transmit live heart reports to a doctor via a video-conferencing system.
The Event Recorder (ER), a small cell phone-like device, is the key to
this medical miracle. The ER is placed on the patient's chest and the ECG,
body temperature, blood pressure and oxygen concentration in blood are
zapped to the doctor's computer. "It's a pathbreaking effort,"
observes Ahmedabad's leading cardiologist, S. Dave. Shah has kept the
price of his invention moderate. Patients who use his system to reach
doctors with outstation link-ups pay local charges only. "I want the
maximum number of people to benefit," he says.
Impressed
by Shah's initiative, former C-DOT chief Sam Pitroda has agreed to join
his company. Now that doesn't happen everyday. The entrepreneur from
Ahmedabad is on a roll.
-Uday
Mahukar
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