Innovative Telemedicine Device Demonstration between Taiwan and Nauru
2021.12.17 Innovative Telemedicine Device Demonstration between Taiwan and Nauru
On December 17th 2021, TCVGH held a press conference regarding to the use of telemedicine system and Horus Scope which were donated by the Acer Group, Medimaging Integrated Solution Inc. and Acer Medical Inc. These devices can be used locally in Nauru to assist the doctors to diagnose the patients.
According to the International Diabetes Federation report in 2021, the total population of Nauru is nearly 11,000, around 1,500 people(23%) aged 20 to 79 suffered from diabetes. Acer VeriSee DR software and Horus Scope are used together to assist physicians to interpret the ophthalmoscope images of diabetic patients with an accuracy of 93%. Provide local patients with direct telemedicine consultation with the TCVGH medical team, thus to decide whether local patients need overseas treatment or not.
Ambassador Jarden Kephas from Nauru mentioned in his speech, “This is in line with my desperate imagination visions on moving our Health and Medical services forward into the future. The main objective is to expand our health and medical services and be progressive in Telemedicine and Health Tourism. I firmly believe this will be beneficial not only for Nauru but also throughout our neighboring Pacific region. We hope to develop and upgrade our health services to a very high standard fully equipped with advanced technology which is envisaged to become a Pacific hub that has reliable and efficient services to cater the needs of the people in the Pacific.
We are very grateful to achieve partnership with the Taichung Veterans General Hospital for helping us out with our overseas medical referrals and also sending their qualified doctors to help our public health team.”