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. 2006 Mar;3(3):e82.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030082. Epub 2006 Mar 7.

Telemedicine in rural India

Sanjit Bagchi  1
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Telemedicine in rural India

Sanjit Bagchi. PLoS Med. 2006 Mar.

Abstract

Although nearly 75% of Indians live in rural villages, more than 75% of Indian doctors are based in cities. Might telemedicine be a cheap and fast way to bridge the rural-urban health divide?

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The author declares that he has no competing interests.

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A telemedicine program in action at the Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata, India
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