Communication aids in medicine

Recently, a medical robot being tested at Halifax Hospital (Canada) will allow doctors to directly exchange their patients wherever they are.

Looking outside this medical robot does not seem like a high-tech device. It's like a very large flat screen television, or a vertical vacuum cleaner. The main screen of the robot rotates 360 degrees and can be pulled up and down

The doctor can talk to the patient through this robot. The face and voice of the doctor are transferred to the patients as well as the medical team through a sound box and a home screen is fastened to the body of the robot.

Ivar Mendez - Head of the neurosurgeon at the Center for Health Sciences called ' Queen Elizabeth II ' and professor of Brain Recovery Center explained as follows: 'This robotics system is designed to suitable for any environment in the world. Its purpose is to communicate directly between the treating doctor and the patient. Anywhere, in any case, the doctor can make a request or communicate with the patient and his or her colleagues'.

Dr. Ivar Mendez with a communication robot assists in a patient's room
(Photo: The Globeandmail)

This robot is capable of transmitting the entire operation gently and smoothly . However, the advantage of this system is that it can help exchange medical information between distant countries through an Internet connection.

Dr. Mendez predicts these robots will become popular and soon installed in hospitals. This new technology is very useful, it helps doctors treat both injured patients in remote areas, such as Afghanistan - a country where there is almost no shadow of doctors.

In an experiment, Mendez sat on the 12th floor of the Dalhausie Medical Center to exchange and treat patients at the Halifax clinic. Sitting on the robot operating chair, with a small control stick attached, the doctor can monitor all activities (possibly an entire operation).

The patients seem very impressed with the friendliness of the doctors when they appear on the robot's screen.

Talking about the patient's thoughts in the face of Dr. Mendez on the main screen of the healing Robot (Photo), Jeanne MacDonald said - It is incredible, Dr. Mendez appears on the robot like a child with A new game.

Nguyen Thi Ninh