Telemedicine, the use of modern information and telecommunications technologies to provide information and medical attention to patients and other health professionals located in distant locations, is already a reality in the provinces of Moxico, Bengo, Huambo and Bié, according to the Minister of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication (MINTTICS), Mario Oliveira.
Mário Oliveira also added that the technology is the result of a partnership with the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation and the INFRASAT, whose health establishments are working with several hospitals in the country, with emphasis on the pediatric David Bernardino and Américo Boavida, both from Luanda.
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In the interview, the official said that the country is strongly committed to diversifying the economy and, consequently, its telecommunications needs are essential to achieve this goal.
The sector, he said, is working on projects to expand the national fiber optic broadband network, cybersecurity and modernize health and education services driven by information technologies, as well as developing microwave networks.
On the other hand, Mário Augusto Oliveira pointed out that ANGOSAT-2 will provide services in the C band, in the KU band and in the KA band, systems that have successfully passed the test stage, while the next stage is being prepared, which will be the commercialization and services provision.
