Department of Electronic Communication & IT

   Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences 

Soura Srinagar

TELE-MEDICINE

The Telemedicine Centre at SKIMS was established by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)  in the year 2003 on the recommendations of Standing Committee of the Parliament of India. Through this Centre the SKIMS is connected to all the reputed hospitals of the country like AIIMS New Delhi, PGI Chandigarh, Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai, CRMC Chennai, etc. The facility has also been created at Govt. Medical College Srinagar / Jammu and some district hospitals of the UT Jammu & Kashmir and UT Ladakh enabling these Hospitals to get connected with each other and with the reputed Hospitals of the country. In fact SKIMS Telemedicine Centre is the hub of J&K Telemedicine Project consisting of 12 such centres spread across the UT Jammu & Kashmir and UT Ladakh at various locations.

The Telemedicine Centre at SKIMS is used for:

• Tele-Consultation.

• CME Programmes

• Video Conferencing

The centre has provided valuable and important services in the normal and disaster times (the services provided by SKIMS Telemedicine Centre during earth quake of Oct, 2005 was appreciated by former Hon'ble President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

The J&K Telemedicine Project with SKIMS as its Hub was declared as No. 2 in the country in the National Users Meet held at Space Application Centre, Ahamadabad on 04-05 May, 2007 in respect of utilization.

The Telemedicine Centre at SKIMS is part of the Department of Electronics & Communication / Information technology (E&C / IT) headed by Er. Farooq Ahmad Wani, Superintending Engineer (E&C / IT) SKIMS / State Nodal Officer Telemedicine J&K.