Signs MoU with RailTel Corporation of India to expand rural connectivity; to cover 1000 tier III cities and rural areas in the next 1000 days
LifeSigns has announced the launch of its technology solution which will transform access and affordability of timely healthcare to India’s most remote rural areas. LifeSigns’ solution to provide 24×7 real-time, uninterrupted streaming of patient data to doctors and healthcare professionals, whether the patient is at home, in the ambulance or at the hospital. The company will now deploy remote patient monitoring solutions in 1000 rural and tier III cities across India, in the next 1000 days.
LifeSigns also announced a strategic partnership with RailTel Corporation, provider of optic fiber network services. It will leverage RailTel’s optic fiber cable network spanning more than 62,000 km to provide enhanced connectivity across rural India, enabling remote monitoring of patients.
Speaking on the occasion, Hari Subramanian, Founder & CEO, LifeSigns said, “At LifeSigns, we are driven by the purpose to make patient vital data, timely accessible and affordable and to leverage next-gen technology to address healthcare disparities in underserved regions. People living in rural and remote areas face 2-3 times higher preventable mortality rate than those who live in urban India. Our technology solution is powered by an advanced alert algorithm to function effectively in India’s most remote rural corners, without missing even a single heartbeat of a patient, and this is what makes it unique. We trust that this is another step forward in our mission to ensure equitable healthcare access.”
Speaking on the partnership with RailTel he added, “We are happy to have found a partner in RailTel, the country’s one of the largest telecom network infrastructure providers. The partnership will enable us to immediately leverage RailTel’s extensive optic fiber networks to be able to implement the solution in rural areas and tier 3 cities. We are thankful to RailTel, for having partnered with us in this mission, to develop the healthcare infrastructure for rural India.”