Indian Hospital Provides Partners, Robots That Help COVID-19 Patients Overcome Loneliness

Liputan6.com, Jakarta In this technological era, robots are an option to help humans. One of the human-shaped robots named Mitra was finally created to help patients COVID-19 who were isolated in hospital because they could not interact with their families.

Mitra in Hindi, meaning “friend”, rose to prominence after circulating photos and videos of him interacting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event in 2017. TheHindu.

Partners are equipped with sharp eyes which is a facial recognition technology to help him remember people he has interacted with. A tablet taped to Mitra’s chest allowed the patient to interact with loved ones as well as medical personnel who could not access the ward.

Indeed, who is not bored if it takes a long time to recover, and during that time the patient should not be visited by anyone. In fact, it is at times like that when a patient needs his family or loved ones the most.

“It takes a lot of time to recover, and during this time, when patients really need their families, they cannot visit,” said Dr Arun Lakhanpal, a doctor at Yatharth Super Specialty Hospital in Noida Extension, New Delhi.

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