Follow-up of earthquake victims in a remote hospital using telemedicine

HEALTHCOM 2006: Mobile E-Health for Developing Countries - 2006 8th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 228-231

  Murad, M Faisal ^a   Ahmad, Riaz ^a   Naeem, Salman ^a   Ali, Qasim ^a   Ehsan, Aisha ^a   Sohail, Tariq ^a   Zafar, Asif ^a  

^a HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; HOSPITALS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

REMOTE HOSPITALS; TERTIARY CARE; TRAUMA PATIENTS;

TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 42649120990     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/health.2006.246457     Document Type: Conference Paper

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