E – Rural Health Companion System

Abstract

In this modern world with lot of facilities provided in the rural areas, people still face many problems due to lack of hospitals, pharmacies and transportation. To seek medical assistance, they need to travel long distances and in some cases they lose their lives during emergency situations. To overcome this problem, we are developing a health companion system for rural areas which consists of a camera module, electronic sensors interfaced with an Arduino board through which real-time parameters of the patient can be sensed and sent to the respective doctor through IOT. The doctor can remotely analyze the patient’s health data and prescribe medications with the help of an android app and these medicines will be given out from the dispensing machine. This system also provides video communication feature where the doctor can consult the patient and provide medicines for timely relief and make an appointment with a specialist for the patient's further diagnosis. During emergency, alert can be sent to an ambulance and the nearest hospital to make necessary arrangements for patient’s arrival.