The Quezon City government plans to address the lack of doctors in its barangay (villages) by introducing the “virtual check-up” program.
“There is this technology wherein a doctor is assigned to three to four health centers but he is not physically present in those health centers. He just needs a big television screen, and there are nurses who will get the data about the patient, such as vital signs, and it is the doctor who will give instructions on what the patient needs to do or to take,” Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte said in her speech before the District Health Management Council on Thursday.
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