<p>As Covid-19 cases mount, Maharashtra's first tele-ICU facility was inaugurated on Friday coinciding with the Independence Day festivities.</p>.<p>Maharashtra's public health and family welfare minister Rajesh Tope inaugurated the first tele-ICU facility at a sub-district hospital of Bhiwandi in Thane district.</p>.<p>Similar facilities will be opened in Akola, Jalna, Jalgaon, Solapur and Aurangabad that will be located in medical colleges or government hospitals.</p>.<p>"This will help in reducing the number of deaths because of Covid-19," Tope said after the online inauguration.</p>.<p>The condition of the patient could be checked via a monitor attached to each bed by expert doctors who would then suggest the best line of treatment.</p>.<p>The technology has been provided by Mediascape Foundation.</p>
<p>As Covid-19 cases mount, Maharashtra's first tele-ICU facility was inaugurated on Friday coinciding with the Independence Day festivities.</p>.<p>Maharashtra's public health and family welfare minister Rajesh Tope inaugurated the first tele-ICU facility at a sub-district hospital of Bhiwandi in Thane district.</p>.<p>Similar facilities will be opened in Akola, Jalna, Jalgaon, Solapur and Aurangabad that will be located in medical colleges or government hospitals.</p>.<p>"This will help in reducing the number of deaths because of Covid-19," Tope said after the online inauguration.</p>.<p>The condition of the patient could be checked via a monitor attached to each bed by expert doctors who would then suggest the best line of treatment.</p>.<p>The technology has been provided by Mediascape Foundation.</p>
