This Seems Like Quite A Fun Innovation In The Days Of Isolation!

This appeared last week:The robot doctor helping treat hospital patients during a pandemicBy Stuart LaytMay 7, 2020 — 3.07pmTemi, the newest addition to the medical staff at Brisbane’s Greenslopes hospital, never gets tired, never gets sick and is always there for patients.Because Temi is a robot.More specifically, Temi is a telepresence robot, a semi-autonomous platform doctors can use during situations such as pandemics to remain socially distant from patients while still giving one-on-one treatment.The hospital’s Emergency Centre director, Dr Mark Baldwin, said patients had been reacting well to the newest doctor on the wards since two Temi units had been put into action over the past few weeks. “The problem we have is staff have to wear personal protective equipment when they’re talking to patients, and patients can find that quite impersonal at times,” Dr Baldwin said.“The patients say it is actually more personable to interact with an unmasked face, even if it’s on a screen,... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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