Utilising the new technologies which are being innovated in medical sector, better health facilities can be provided in remote areas. Now in medical field also artificial intelligence, tele-medicine, bio-sensor like most modern techniques are being used, said Chief Minister Raman Singh.
He was addressing one day inaugural session of the ‘MediTech Innovation Summit 2018’ organised by health department, Government of Chhattisgarh and Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign in India Founders Forum.
Chhattisgarh utilising innovation has worked through plan to bring down maternal mortality rate (MMR), infant mortality rate (IMR) and malnutrition. Chief Minister released a book titled ‘Health Technology Innovation in the Indian Context’. He also inspected the modern medical equipment exhibition.
Addressing the workshop, he said that state can be seen as a start-up State. New experiments have been done in different sectors including health in last 18 years. A MoU was signed with Stanford University in 2016 for utilsing the new modern medical techniques in the State. The discussion would also revolve around reducing the cost and utilising the technology.
Chief secretary Ajay Singh, Principal secretary to CM Aman Kumar Singh, health secretary Niharika Barik Singh, Stanford University India Biodesign programme deputy director Dr Rajiv Doshi and Dr Anuragh Mairal, health department officials from UP, MP, Gujarat and Maharashtra, innovators, doctors, UNICEF and WHO representatives were present.