Egypt started their telemedicine experience by a project used an open source system to connect Siwa Central Hospital with a center of excellence at Shatby Children’s hospital in Alexandria.
The project is based on the cloud computing system for remote medical diagnosis that assists in the transfer of medical data necessary for diagnosis, treatment and health awareness.
It comprises medical images, video/voice direct binary files and patient medical records. The system relies on free open source software, and its management depends on cooperating with non-governmental and non-profit medical organizations and medical educational entities.
The project is implemented by the United Nations Development Program UNDP and Egypt Information and Communication Technology Trust Fund (ICT-TF), jointly established by MCIT and UNDP.
By using this open source solution, The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has received the Champion Certificate during the ceremony of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2016 prizes, held in Geneva.
