Lifetrack Medical Systems partners with Philippines government to identity COVID-19 patients
Lifetrack Medical Systems, a health-tech company based in Singapore, is partnering with the provincial government of Antique to identify and prioritise molecular testing for potential COVID-19 patients using CT scans.
The company will be providing its software platform for free so that hospitals can perform the tests easily.
“The CT tests will determine the patients who have a high probability of having COVID-19, giving them a basis for isolating and further testing themselves, given the current situation of limited test kits being available,” said Carl Nicholas Ng, COO of Lifetrack.
Prior to this initiative, the company had launched a secure, anonymised COVID-19 image repository on March 6 to aid radiologists and researchers identify potential COVID-19 cases quicker via chest CT scans. A method which was proven to be useful for screening in China.
“With the COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rising exponentially over time, additional measures should be taken to contain the spread of the disease,” said Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao.
“We partnered with Lifetrack Medical Systems to provide Antique with remote reading capabilities for chest CT scans as well as the added assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to support the triage of potential COVID-19 patients. With this partnership, we can assure each of our Kasimanwa (citizens) we are covering all fronts to battle COVID-19,” aded the Governor.
UiPath appoints Andrew McBean As Director of Thailand
UiPath, an American Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software provider, has appointed Andrew McBean as its Director of Thailand, according to a company statement.
McBean’s new role will include managing all operations in Thailand, including recruitment, client servicing, and business development.
McBean brings in experience from large corporates like Microsoft and IBM but more recently he was appointed as the CEO of PKF, business accountancy and advisory firm in Thailand.
“RPA is a catalyst for helping human workers exceed their own expectations by taking away the mundane and repetitive tasks and allowing them to focus on what matters most. I’m a strong believer in UiPath’s vision of a robot to assist every worker, to unleash value and performance within today’s enterprises,” he said.
India’s healthtech startup Akna Medical raises US$7M funding
Akna, which aims to streamline healthcare equipment delivery in India, has raised a new round of US$7 million from LGT Lightstone Aspada, according to EconomicTimes.
The company will be investing the money in scaling operations across the region within two years. A portion of the capital will also be used to enhance the technology and analytics offering.
“The healthcare value chain in India is primed for intervention through systemic changes and technological innovation…Our strategy is to back high-growth platforms like Akna Medical, which have the ability to leverage technology, transform supply chains and support delivery of healthcare outcomes at scale,” said Kartik Srivatsa, Managing Partner of LGT Lightstone Aspada.
Popular hospitals such as Fortis, Max Healthcare, Medanta and Cloudmine are some of the company clients.
Zenius, gojek support students with free lessons amid virus outbreak
Edtech startup Zenius has partnered with ride-hailing super app gojek to offer free lessons to students on the gojek app as Indonesian schools suspend classes amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Zenius will offer direct services such as live teaching and study planning through the app. The edtech company claims to offer more than 80,000 learning videos and practise questions for elementary- to high-school students.
“Since the start of this pandemic in Indonesia, Zenius Education has not stopped exploring various innovations to give students the easiest access to independent study at home,” said Zenius CEO Rohan Monga in a statement.
Singaore’s Grab to temporarily suspend GrabHitch from April 7
As Singapore announced partial lockdown many businesses participate to reduce the risk of exposure. Grab, a ride-hailing super app based in Singapore has announced that it will be temporarily suspending its service from April 7th onwards.
However, other services such as transport, food delivery, and parcel delivery services will continue to operate.
Grab has also suspended GrabShare service during the virus outbreak in February.
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