A stroke patient was treated remotely via the Najda.Tn platform at the Habib Bourguiba university hospital in Médenine, according to lapresse.tn. The emergency team worked alongside professionals from the National Institute of Neurology Mongi Ben Hmida in Tunis. The patient remains under observation and medical follow-up.
What happened in Médenine
The emergency department team at Habib Bourguiba university hospital treated a stroke patient using the Najda.Tn platform. Care was provided remotely with professionals from the National Institute of Neurology Mongi Ben Hmida, based in Tunis.
"She is still under observation and medical follow-up," said Zouhair Yahyaoui, according to the statement reported by lapresse.tn to the TAP news agency on Friday.
What Najda.Tn is for
Najda.Tn is a digital telemedicine and medical coordination system launched by the Ministry of Health. Its goal: to improve the treatment of cardiac emergencies.
Concretely, the platform allows a hospital team in a regional area to call on specialists located elsewhere in the country, without moving the patient. That is exactly what happened here between Médenine and Tunis.
Why it matters to you
If you study or live in an area far from major hospital centres, this kind of system changes everything in an emergency: the specialist comes to the hospital via a screen, not the other way round.
The lapresse.tn article does not mention any steps for the general public regarding this platform. If you want to learn more about how it works or how it is being rolled out, the best option is to check the Ministry of Health's channels. No further information about this specific case has been made public so far.