The Chief Executive Officer of Toybeth Systems, Elizabeth Oluwatoyin, said telemedicine can help address the massive brain drain in the health sector.
Telemedicine involves the use of technology to deliver clinical care at a distance. It enables video or phone appointments between a patient and their healthcare practitioners.
Oluwatoyin, who is also a pharmaceutical chemist, said she delved into information technology to provide solutions, especially in the country’s healthcare sector as well as to give people opportunities for employment and growth.
She said, “Telemedicine did not hit until the COVID-19 period. The pandemic opened the telemedicine market and it is a tool that will help Nigeria overcome the current exodus of healthcare workers to other countries.”
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She said, already, the Itura telemedicine product has already had 1,800 users in its three months of existence.
She noted that the main idea behind the Itura telemedicine product is to ensure that everyone has access to quality primary healthcare for non-emergency cases.
“For the rural areas, if users can connect to the internet, they can access the service from anywhere. In areas where our crew have gone on medical missions with Itura, we understand that network issues are a problem across the country but we try to ensure that the top three network providers in the area are present when we go. So, if one is not connecting, we have other alternatives,” she added.
