Abstract:
Pakistan is developing country with a struggling economy where basic healthcare and medical facilities take the least priority. According to WHO report as of 2014 coronary heart disease has been ranked as the first cause for deaths in Pakistan, the number of deaths reached 111, 376 that is 9.87% of total deaths. With limited facilities and resources available the ratio of number of cardiac patients to number of doctors available is dangerously rising every day. Due to geographical location this death toll rises further during summer when national newspapers report heightened death toll each year.
In order to cope up with the problem and meet the growing needs of medical attention to the ever increasing number of patients in the country, large reforms are needed on a grass root level. That being said, the solution requires a huge amount of capital to be invested in the health sector but given the terrorism struck economy of it seems almost impossible for the government to implement such proposed solutions. Hence to bridge the gap between patients we’re introducing the concept of eHealth and remote monitoring for Cardiac patients for the first time in Pakistan.
The age adjusted death rate of Pakistan is 110.65 per 100,000 of population that is an alarming figure with the leading cause being coronary heart diseases it is the need of the hour to build upon a solution to work towards the solution of minimizing this figure. Hence we at AEGIS – Body Area Networks to Assist Cardiac Patients are providing a cost effective solution in form of a wireless body area network based wearable, remote monitoring device.
The aim of our product is to:
1. Help the cardiac patients to remotely connect with their doctors so the latter can closely monitor their patient’s vital signs and provide a timely feedback/reaction.
2. Provide the caretaker of the patient with all the useful information about their loved ones health so an upcoming unfortunate event can be taken care of.
