Recipient Institution:
n-Logue Communications Pvt Ltd.

Project Leader:
P G Ponnapa, CEO

Amount and Duration: US$ 29,313 / 22 months

Commencement Date:
January 2005

Abstract of Project
Healthcare is a major concern for the rural populace in India. The government of India does cater to the healthcare needs of villages by setting up Primary Health care centers, which however have issues of caliber of people and availability of good doctors. Access to quality doctors in towns is being made by the video-conferencing facility currently offered by n-logue from its rural internet kiosks. However medical vitals are not available. This project plans to field test a low cost medical kit ($215) developed by a partner company Neurosynaptic Communications Pvt Ltd, that can work in conjunction with a rural kiosk and transmit data remotely to a doctor in a town. The data that can be captured are ECG, Pressure, Temperature, and (heart beat) Stethoscope.

The project expects to study the impact of this in the selected villages over a 24 month period.