COVID-19: Maharashtra to use tele-ICU facility on pilot basis

Maharashtra government will use 'tele-ICU' facility in Mumbai and six or places on a pilot basis to treat COVID-19 patients in serious condition, state health minister Rajesh Tope said on Saturday.

He said proposal to use techlogy, in which condition of patient is checked via a monitor attached to each bed by expert doctors who would n suggest best line of treatment, has been given by Mediscape Foundation.

It will be used in Mumbai, Thane, Jalgaon, Solapur, Aurangabad, Akola and Jalna, minister said, adding that its use may be extended to or parts depending on performance and success.

Speaking about condition of COVID-19 patients in state, he said, "Around 75 per cent of positive cases are asymptomatic, some 10-15 per cent have mild symptoms while three percent are serious and require ICU admission."