Robot to serve Covid patients at ECoR hospital

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) Central Hospital at Mancheswar has deployed a robot ‘MeD ROBO’ to assist hospital staff to serve Covid patients and to assist in serving medicines and food without any need for physical contact.
The robot is operated through a unique mobile app supported by Wi-Fi. The robot’s sensor can read a patient’s body temperature and transmit the same for display on the mobile phone. If it detects high-temperature, the robot can raise an alarm so that hospital staff immediately attends to the patient.
This robot has been developed by ECoR. It underwent extensive trials and demonstrations before deployment at the Central Railway Hospital. It has a remote-controlled driving unit, night vision camera with two-way speaker, circuit for sensor-based hand sanitizer unit, stainless steel trays, thermal scanner, timer based UVC sanitizer box and one kilovolt ampere (KVA) backup power.
The robot can carry around 15 kg of items and can be controlled by remote from 30-40 feet. “The camera has a speaker facility, so doctor/nursing staff can interact with the patient and can advise accordingly. The movement of the camera to view from different angles can be controlled through mobile/desktop,” said an ECoR official.
The sensor-based sanitizing unit attached with the machine can be used by staff and patient. The UVC sanitizer box inside the machine can sanitize items that can fit inside. Frontline workers can sanitize personal belongings before leaving the hospital or ward.
Patients can keep their hands below the thermal scanner for a few seconds and their body temperature will reflect on the indicator. In this way, temperature can be detected.
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