Agency The Association of Resident Doctors, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Anambra State, has advocated for telemedicine following the rising insecurity in the country. The association made the call at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Health Week in Nnewi on Wednesday. The theme of the AGM was “Future Trends In Healthcare: Preparing For Tomorrow’s Challenges.
” President of ARD-NAUTH, Dr Chiemezie Agbanu, said the need had become necessary for doctors and patients to interact more without physically coming together through telemedicine practice. He said this would enable the patient to access the doctor and receive health services through communication technology without unnecessary exposure to the threat of insecurity. “One of the challenges we have in the country today is insecurity, and one of the future trends in medical practice is telemedicine which informed the choice of our theme.
“With telemedicine, doctors can talk to their patients and render some level of services without necessarily coming together physically; this will help reduce the risk of insecurity to both doctors and patients. “Other future trends in medicine are the use of Artificial Intelligence and Robots in surgery. We know we are not there yet but we hope that the level of infrastructure will be put in place by the government to enhance efficiency in the sector,” he said.
Earlier in his remark, the Chairman of the occasion, Prof. Chukwuemeka Ezeama, said no doctor would func.