Bootsveld (right) speaks with intensive care physician at the University hospital in Aachen Dr Judith Ibba (on display) about a Covid-19 case while using telemedicine at the Bethlehem Hospital in Stolberg, western Germany, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. — AFP
AACHEN, Germany: When doctor Andreas Bootsveld has to make life-or-death decisions about Covid-19 patients, he is not alone – as well as consulting his colleagues, he can draw on the advice of a team of specialists.
These experts are not with him in the intensive care unit, but at a bigger hospital 20 kilometres (12 miles) away, linked up via videoconference as part of a project to connect medics in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Bootsveld (right) speaks with intensive care physician at the University hospital in Aachen Dr Judith Ibba (on display) about a Covid-19 case while using telemedicine at the Bethlehem Hospital in Stolberg, western Germany, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. — AFP
Doctors at the University hospital in Aachen use telemedicine for the treatment via Internet of Covid-19 patients, in Aachen, western Germany, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. — AFP
(l-r) Doctors Judith Ibba, Clinic Director of Intensive Medicine at the University hospital in Aachen, Marx, and Joachim Koeck use telemedicine for the treatment of Covid-19 patients, in Aachen, western Germany, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. — AFP
Bootsveld (on display) speaks with doctors of the University hospital in Aachen, while using telemedicine for the treatment of Covid-19 patients. — AFP
Marx (right) talks to Bootsveld (on display, left) while using telemedicine for the treatment of Covid-19 patients. — AFP
Bootsveld (centre) and colleagues attend a video conference with the University hospital in Aachen about a Covid-19 case while using telemedicine at the Bethlehem Hospital in Stolberg, western Germany, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. — AFP
Bootsveld (on display, left) speaks with doctors of the University hospital in Aachen, while using telemedicine for the treatment of Covid-19 patients, in Aachen, western Germany. — AFP
In Stolberg, virtual consultations are carried out with the help of a trolley, equipped with a computer and a camera, that can be wheeled from bed to bed. — AFP
A senior nurse accompanies the study of a Covid-19 intensive care patient while using telemedicine with the University hospital in Aachen at the Bethlehem Hospital in Stolberg, western Germany. — AFP
The project dubbed the Virtual Hospital has been running since March and aims to help smaller hospitals take in and care for Covid-19 patients, preventing major hospitals from becoming overwhelmed. — AFP
Telemedicine has made it possible to 'safeguard intensive care capacity' during the pandemic, said Dohmen. — AFP
Dohmen said 90% of their patients have been able to stay in hospitals close to where they live. — AFP
Bootsveld (centre) consulting with colleagues about a Covid-19 case while using telemedicine in Aachen, western Germany, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Thanks to the virtual consultations, 'we can do things that would have absolutely required a transfer before', said Bootsveld. — AFP
Participants in the scheme have so far carried out more than 1,800 videoconferences, helping to treat 300 patients. — AFP
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