SAARC LAUNCHES TELEMEDICINE CENTRE IN NEPAL
A South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) telemedicine centre has been launched in Nepal and will link with institutes in Lucknow and Chandigarh.
The center is part of the pledge made by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the 13th SAARC Summit in Dhaka in 2005. India has invested Rs 4.8 crore in the center at the Patan Hospital in Lalitpur.
Indian Ambassador in Nepal Rakesh Sood was present on the occasion when Nepal’s caretaker Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal declared the center open.