via thenews.com.pk / In an e-clinic in Mithi, the district headquarters of Tharparkar, bordering the great desert of Rajasthan, works Janta, 21, and his brother, Mukesh, 26. The e-clinic is connected with the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, through computers and online doctors at the hospital diagnose patients.
The Management & Development Foundation (MDF), a Hyderabad-based non-governmental organisation, has implemented the project in collaboration with USAID and Ask Development.
The project commenced on December 1, 2012 and would be completed by November 30, 2013. Aurat Foundation, another advocacy group, has also lent a helping hand in this project.
The main objective of the project is to provide healthcare services to patients through telemedicine.
More E-clinics bring hope to poor people of Tharparkar – thenews.com.pk.
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