Digicel Fiji has provided a brand new teleconference facility at the CWM Hospital’s Children’s ward.
Digicel Founder and Chairman, Denis O’Brien, who was in Fiji last week launched the new teleconference facility at the hospital in Suva.
Digicel worked in partnership with the International Women’s Association, a non‑profit group to see this milestone project through.
O’Brien says Digicel has helped refurbish the doctor’s meeting room, provided free Wi‑Fi and installed a brand new teleconference system which will now enable doctors in the pediatric unit to provide better patient care using new technology, and to make the best clinical decisions in relation to consultation and treatment.
He added, ”Telemedicine is the way to go and to connect to Digicel’s LTE 4G+ superfast network, clinical health care from a distance will be easier for the medical professionals.
He says this new facility will help overcome distance barriers and to improve access to medical services that would often not be consistently available. He adds that this will also help to save lives in critical care and emergency situations.
Meanwhile, CWM Children’s Hospital consultant pediatrician, Dr. Ilisapeci Tuibeqa this will allow them to make hands‑on practical decisions helping the full departmental visual aids to connect with overseas consultants to discuss a case or treatment.
She says this will also help in conferences with doctors and consultants in other parts of the country and overseas.
Tuibeqa says in the past, she would borrow the Medical Superintendent’s teleconference system and now this set up will allow our department access anytime, day or night and especially during emergencies to do a teleconference if needed.
