Dubai: Ever heard of a hospital where paramedics use Google Glass to transmit live video and audio from an ambulance to a doctor in an emergency room? Or a CT scan and MRI suite where you can customise the ambience by choosing from different decors? Well, all this and more has become a reality with the launch of the first of its kind digital hospital in Dubai Healthcare City. \r\nGiving the media a tour of the newly opened Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital on June 9, Nasser M.A. Al Huqbani, the hospital’s president, said: “The 200-bed hospital of the future with its technology partner GE Healthcare has employed next generation equipment for diagnosis and treatment, many of which are the first for the region, to make digital administration and patient management central to its operations. |
