Illustrative image (Photo: Industry Global News24)Seoul (VNA) – The KT group, the ’s largest telecommunications
company, announced on April 13 its plan to launch a service in
Vietnam with Hanoi Medical University this year.
An agreement was signed on April 13 between representatives between the KT group
and university to jointly develop a telemedicine service that will diagnose and
monitor patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood
pressure.
The service will allow patients to monitor their current health status and
receive advice on working out and what medicine to take.
To operate the service this year, the will set up a local subsidiary,
which will hire and train local doctors for remote consultations with patients.
Besides, the KT group and will develop an artificial
intelligence (AI) programme to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. The research will
be based on work by Professor Hwang Kyo-seon from the College of Medicine at
Kyung Hee University.
The KT group has been collaborating with Kyung Hee University in the bio health
field since 2018, according to the group./.
Source: VietnamPlus
