China to build 5G demonstration hospital in Guangdong
By Du Yifei from People’s Daily
A 5G hospital will soon be built in south China’s
Guangdong Province, according to a cooperation document signed by Chinese tech
firm Huawei, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital and Guangdong Mobile on
Mar. 9.
The three will establish a smart medical service
system under the Internet Plus framework compatible with the next generation of
communication technology.
The project will commence this year, said the
cooperation document.
The 5G network, the latest generation of
information and communication technology, features high speed, low delay and
large capacity. It is expected to be applied in more scenarios of medical
services, create better technical management, and bring more innovation.
According to the agreement, the three parties will establish
an expert team on remote medical imaging solution, telemedicine, digital
medical services and big data, to provide quality services for patients with
more convenience and higher efficiency via 5G network.
A Huawei employee told People’s Daily that with the
integration of 5G, big data, and artificial intelligence, doctors would be able
to check high-definition medical images of the patients under the 5G network
before the patients go to hospitals. It
enables the doctors to map out optimal treatment solutions in advance.
At present, China is seeing continuous progress of
the 5G application in the medical sector. Medical institutions and enterprises in
Hubei, Beijing, Sichuan, Zhejiang and many other regions have already started
relevant researches and practices.
In addition, Sichuan Province also carried out the first pilot telemedicine
program under 5G networks in southwest China.
Besides, the West China Hospital of Sichuan University, as a pilot hospital
of 5G applications, completed a demonstration of remote ultrasonic diagnosis
under the 5G network, according to Li Weimin, president of the hospital.
Not long ago, the first-ever 5G-assisted remote
surgical operation in the world was successfully performed in southeast China’s
Fujian province.
The hepatic lobule of an experimental animal was
removed by a robotic arm manipulated by Liu Rong, director of the No.2 surgical
department of liver and gallbladder of Chinese People’s Liberation Army General
Hospital 50 kilometers away. The operation, performed on real-time signal
transmission under the 5G network, marked the official entry of surgery into
the 5G era.
5G technology will be widely applied for clinical
use in the near future, said Liu Jingfeng, head of Mengchao Hepatobiliary
Hospital of Fujian Medical University.
The technology would also make remote ward round
and remote B-scan ultrasonography possible, bringing more high-quality medical
resources to remote areas, he added.
By that time, patients will be able to receive
diagnosis from provincial- and state-level experts, and even internationally
renowned experts without traveling far.
Guangdong
Provincial People’s Hospital signed a cooperation agreement with Guangdong
Mobile and Huawei to jointly build a 5G-connected hospital, March 9, 2019.
(Photo from Guangzhou Daily)
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