Coronavirus: Robot to deliver meals, medicine to patients in Singapore
- Alexandra Hospital in Singapore has devised a means to reduce exposure of healthcare practitioners to coronavirus
- The hospital will now be tasking a robot with the responsibility of delivering meals and medication to patients
- Another robot will be responsible for cleaning and chatting with the patients
Alexandra Hospital in Singapore is set to make use of a robot to distribute meals and medication to some patients suspected or confirmed to have coronavirus.
The hospital will also task another robot with the responsibility of cleaning and chatting with patients in four languages including Singlish.
The disclosure was made by the spokesperson of the hospital, who said the robot that will distribute meals and medication will begin its duty by the end of month - the robot is called BeamPro, CNN reports.
Legit.ng gathers that there is one confirmed case of coronavirus at Alexandra Hospital, but the patient remains in stable condition after being admitted on February 15.
Source: UGC
While briefing media on Wednesday, March 4, the hospital spokesperson said the hospital has 14 suspected cases in isolation.
According to the hospital, it housed BeamPro at the hospital's Centre for Innovation in Healthcare for over three months before the outbreak of coronavirus.
BeamPro's trial use began two weeks ago and it made it possible for patients to be inspected remotely being isolated.
The robot will now be used to distribute meals and medication to patients.
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The clinical director of health technology at Alexandra Hospital, Dr Alexander Yip, said: “The main aim of this telepresence robot is to reduce the unnecessary risk of exposure to healthcare workers by allowing us to move the robot into the room instead."
In other news, the Lagos state commissioner for health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has disclosed that there are now three suspected cases of coronavirus in the state.
Abayomi who made the disclosure in a tweet on Thursday, March 5, said the three persons suspected to be infected with the virus disease have been identified and are being tested at isolation containment facility in Yaba, Lagos.
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