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Design X Social ’22

Accelerating Digital Healthcare Eco System

Team Name:

We Care

Sector:

Health Care

Category:

Educational Institutes

Country:

India

Mentor:

Kishan Salian

Team:

Subham Das, Subhrodip Mohanta, Ritwika Mandal, Debanjana Maji,

Project Summary

Problem Identified

As the emaciated Indian healthcare system attempts to break the tide of the novel corona virus pandemic, perhaps the highest cost for this fight is borne by the non-COVID-19 patients. With a massive increase in the spreading of the corona, India has already made its entry in the world's top 10 countries to have the highest no. of corona cases. As a result OPD & no emergency services have been resumed at most of the hospitals and resources are diverted to COVID care units. Hence the restricted access and medical service availability are becoming fatal for the non-COVID patients.

Design Innovation

While we fight the novel corona virus, we must ensure that the price to be paid is not with the lives of non-COVID patients – that fight would be immoral and not worth waging. Although systemized reporting of data is hindered by the lockdown, individual news reports show that patients suffering from non-COVID- 19 diseases, patients with scheduled surgical procedures, and follow-up visits are undergoing an unimaginable crisis – the impact of which is compounded for patients needing hospitalized care. Even a marginal increase in hospitalization will increases the pressure on the system exponentially. On the other hand, No. of doctors is less w.r.t. no. of patients. After this corona outbreak most of the doctors have been shifted to the corona ward. Once a doctor is treating a corona patient he/she can't see any non-COVID patient in fear of spreading. Altogether the condition is worsening. This problem is getting severe over time.

Impact On The Society

Therefore, our goal is to create specialized solutions tailor for patients suffering from diseases to create alerts and reports for devices for doctors to check and an automated helpline system and emergency services when the need arises.

Project Presentation

Project Team

Subham Das

Student

India

Subhrodip Mohanta

Student

India

Ritwika Mandal

Student

India

Debanjana Maji

Student

India

Project Mentor

Kishan Salian

Design and Human Factors Lead, Laerdal Medical