VSATs on floating hospital. Photo: Business Wire

[Via Satellite 03-10-2016] SES and Friendship, a non-governmental organization, along with the technical assistance of Square Informatix (Bangladesh), launched the first state-of-the-art Maritime VSATs on three of Friendship’s floating hospital ships — Lifebuoy Friendship Hospital, Emirates Friendship Hospital and Rongdhonu Friendship (formerly the Rainbow Warrior II) Hospital.

SatMed, the newly deployed satellite-based e-health platform, will enable Friendship to establish communications with national and international doctors from remote areas to provide medical counseling to marginalized communities through telemedicine and to exchange medical knowledge with local doctors. SatMed is an IT-enabled cloud infrastructure accessible around the globe, which facilitates data exchanges between professionals and medical frameworks such as electronic medical records and teleradiology systems. The project is funded by the Luxembourg Government and implemented in cooperation with SES Techcom Services and e-Medical Communication (eMC).