Chennai, Aug. 5 -- To ensure access to specialised medical care for people in remote and rural areas, the Tamil Nadu Government will establish a Telemedicine System based on a 'Hub-and-Spoke' hospital model and 'Hub-and-Spoke' medical system for cancer care by setting up five zonal hospitals, Finance Minister N Marie Wilson informed the State Assembly on Wednesday.
Presenting the TVK government's maiden budget, he said under the Telemedicine System based on a 'Hub-and-Spoke' hospital model, five hubs staffed by specialist doctors will be linked to 200 spokes at Primary Health Centres and Government hospitals through an online network.
Over the next five years, this network will be progressively expanded to a total of 1,000 hubs and spokes...