Avaya’s video conferencing solution to be used for maternal and new-born healthcare in Pune

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Avaya is working with Save the Children, the international non-governmental organization that supports children in developing nations, to improve maternal and new-born healthcare services in Pune.

Project Kushal, which is also supported by Pune Municipal Corporation and other organizations, will give expectant mothers access to support and information through the childbirth process, while ensuring needed medical interventions can be made in time, helping to save new-born babies' lives.

Project Kushal will enhance mentoring and improve quality of maternal and new-born care in 16 health facilities in Pune, with an IT-enabled network connecting tertiary health-care facilities, general and maternity hospitals, dispensaries and other medical facilities.

By deploying Avaya’s web-based video conferencing solution, the project aims to improve patient care and staff efficiency, strengthening healthcare services in the targeted region. This initiative would benefit over 2.7 lakhs households in the Pune district of Maharashtra State.

The network will enable exchange of technical know-how, mentoring, supportive supervision and bridge building between academia and health program managers. By targeting to transform medical colleges into collaborative centers and enhancing knowledge and skills of 211 health care providers (paediatricians, gynaecologists, medical officers and nursing staff), it is envisaged that the project will result in better mentoring and improved quality of maternal and new-born care in Pune.

“Through this project, we are determined to put technology to the best of use to scale-up healthcare facilities for the mother and the new-born,” said Vishal Agrawal, Managing Director, India and SAARC, Avaya.

Dr Siddharth Dhende, Deputy Mayor says, “Along with all our implementing partners, we also need to build a linkage to the community level MahilaBachatGhat and other existing groups so that the improved services reach to the real beneficiaries”.