Month: April 2020

The recent outbreak of COVID-19 has affected all of us. Given the difficulties the world is currently facing at this time of uncertainty, Hytera has developed a new solution to help those who are on the frontline of battling the disease, including customs police officers, healthcare workers and enterprise staff. The solution aims to combat the spread of COVID-19 by using fast deployable, non-contact body temperature detection and communication technology. Enables customs to monitor anytime, anywhere Land border crossings and…

Aster Hospitals UAE has introduced specialist virtual outpatient service that allows patients to receive uninterrupted care and treatments without visiting the hospitals. The initiative takes into accounts all the elements a patient experiences while visiting a hospital. The patients can book their doctor appointments, consult the doctor through a video call, receive treatment advices and get the prescribed medicines delivered at their doorstep - without moving out of their homes. In a case the doctor prescribes for clinical tests, the…

Mullen Technologies has begun the manufacturing process for portable ventilators out of the Company’s high voltage battery R&D center in Monrovia, CA, in an effort to aid in the critical shortages hospitals around the world are currently facing. Named after Oxygen’s atomic number in the periodic table. the Mullen 8 is designed to be a low cost, compact, highly reliable emergency use ventilator system. The unit can be economically mass-produced from readily available parts to distribute to hospitals, field hospitals…

A contact tracing smartphone app has been launched in the UAE to flatten the Covid-19 curve and contain the coronavirus pandemic. The UAE on Saturday introduced TraceCovid app, developed by the Department of Health - Abu Dhabi (DoH), that will help identify people who may have come into contact with an infected patient. This will help authorities to quickly trace and provide the necessary health care. Once downloaded, the user will receive a one-time password for verification from Weqaya, managed…

Hospitals addressing the COVID-19 pandemic are worried about being short on ventilators, personal protective equipment, and appropriate bed space. However, the biggest hurdle may be having enough staff to monitor large numbers of patients. To help address this matter, Aranet, a company that normally makes environmental monitoring solutions for industrial applications, is releasing a large-scale body temperature monitoring system that can allow a hospital to keep track of dozens of people at the same time. The technology may help to…