Mysuru: The Deputy Chief Minister and the minister of IT, BT, and S& TC N Ashwatha Narayana, visited the Skanray Healthcare Company on Monday and held talks with senior officials of the company in facilitating telemedicine to villages of the state.
The government of Karnataka has responded in affirmative to support the skanray healthcare Company of Mysuru which had sought help to provide telemedicine facilities to villages of the state during the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that the government was also keen on providing telemedicine service to the people of remote areas and this would be implemented in collaboration with the department of information technology.
COVID-19 has disrupted all the systems including that of the health sector. The company had sought the support of the state government to provide technology-aided medical facilities and to set up a Tele-Command Center in collaboration with KEONICS. On behalf of the government I have assured the company of extending all possible help in this regard, he stated.
The telemedicine system would work effectively even during the odd times of natural calamities and pandemic situations such as COVID 19 and the present scenario demands the application of technology along with the expertise in the field of health, the deputy chief minister opined.
Ashwatha Narayana further said that the government of Karnataka was handling the pandemic situation very efficiently and there was no scarcity of any sort and all the necessary items including facemasks, sanitizers, ventilators, test kits, PPE kits, etc were being manufactured locally as per the call of Atmanirbhar by Prime Minister.
Skanray is a front runner in health technology and is one of the leading companies in manufacturing ventilators. The government had placed an order for 1 lakh ventilators to this company and out of these 35,000 ventilators have already been supplied well before the timeline. The remaining is also be expected to be supplied soon, he informed.
This is an easy task to be achieved. Many countries of the world have not been able to achieve self-reliance even 8 months after the outbreak of the pandemic. But India has been able to achieve this and it is a matter of pride that our CORONA mitigating products are even reaching foreign countries, he explained.
During the visit, Ashwatha Narayana had a glimpse of more than 50 medical products which the company has been engaged in developing and manufacturing. In particular, he appreciated the” Scan Life” equipment which would make it possible to conduct all the required tests and is expected to come to the market soon.
Vishwaprasad Alwa, Managing Director, SkanRay, Smt Meena Nagaraj, Director, The Department of Information Technology, S.N.Siddaramappa, Managing Director, KEONICS, other experts and officials were also present.
