KT forays into well being care in Vietnam

South Korean telecommunications large KT introduced Sunday that it’ll push ahead a non-face-to-face well being care challenge in Vietnam involving well being examination facilities and synthetic intelligence in medical fields.

The corporate plans to conduct a pilot service for most cancers and power illness sufferers utilizing a distant care platform with KT Healthcare Vina, a Vietnamese medical company established earlier this yr.

Put up-discharge administration of gastric most cancers surgical procedure sufferers and well being care administration of power illnesses will likely be offered for 12 weeks till August, in cooperation with a neighborhood Vietnamese hospital. KT plans to confirm the service’s effectiveness by analyzing the sufferers’ restoration phases.

KT’s non-face-to-face well being care service offers self-health care administration based mostly on cell purposes, private well being counseling from care coordinators and customised providers for every symptom.

The objective of the service is to encourage self-management in order that sufferers with a excessive danger of main illnesses can use the app to forestall additional signs prematurely and undergo higher remedy.

KT’s Care Coordinator service will likely be offered for 100 sufferers who’ve undergone gastric most cancers surgical procedure to handle surgical aftereffects and uncomfortable side effects of anticancer medication by way of cell with the Vietnam Nationwide Most cancers Hospital.

Alongside Hanoi Medical College Hospital, KT may also present a pilot service for distant care of power illnesses for 240 diabetic sufferers.

Specifically, the diabetes administration service makes use of AI screening expertise that kinds out high-risk diabetes sufferers with a easy questionnaire.

As Vietnam pursues a comparatively open coverage on digital well being care, KT plans to construct a Korean-style premium medical examination heart as effectively.

With its service kicking off in Vietnam, KT goals to broaden its well being care enterprise at house and overseas based mostly on its digital transformation capabilities.

“KT is attempting to enter the sector of custom-made medical well being care providers,” mentioned KT’s Digital & Bio Well being Enterprise Group Head Lim Seung-hyuk.

“KT will likely be a companion to assist the home and international well being care business’s digital expertise, beginning with Vietnam,” Lim added.

By Kim So-yeon ([email protected])