Jipmer’s telemedicine centre for pilgrims visiting the Sabarimala temple provides online tele-consultation through space satellite technology provided by ISRO. File more-in Jipmer will establish telemedicine units to serve pilgrims in four temple towns in south India. According to Dr. S. Vivekanandan, Jipmer Director, the institution’s physicians will offer tele consultation to pilgrims visiting Tirumala temple run by the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam in Andhra Pradesh, the Guruvayoor temple in Kerala, the Ramanathaswamy temple in Rameswaram and the Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple in Madurai. Regional source centre The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), had already identified Jipmer as the Regional Resource Centre for telemedicine by virtue of which the institution was offering tele consultation to pilgrims in Sabarimala. Growing need According to the Jipmer Director, against the backdrop of thousands of casualties every year in these temples, the telemedicine centres would fill the growing need for obtaining instant medical specialist’s advice. Dr. Ravi Kumar Chittoria, Head of IT Wing and Nodal Officer Telemedicine, said the telemedicine centre for pilgrims visiting the Sabarimala temple was providing online tele-consultation through space satellite technology provided by the ISRO.

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