Ann: Trading Halt, page-102

There is a Third option..................................

It is to do with Telehealth. I saw Mr Bowen on Insiders last night mentioning Telehealth.............in the COVID-19 context................

A medical Dr posted this on this forum recently.....................

"All these people need, is telehealth and resappdx.

For these people (90% of all cases), a cough everyday to the app will tell you reassuringly that your infection is still at the URTI stage. No need to panic.

But of course some cases will get worse. The same cough to the app everyday will inform you that your mild URTI is now turning into a more serious LRTI, or pneumonia. Now at this point you may need to take it more seriously. you should seek medical attention!

Still for others, perhaps the most at risk group, people with asthma or emphysema, the same cough to the app everyday will tell you if your infection is now complicated by your chronic lung condition. Now If that’s the case you need treatment for these complications now. Get onto the doctor NOW!

As you can see, all this monitoring are vital to management of every infected case.

You will also note that each infected case will need to use Resapp multiple times during their infection. So $5x10 per patient. But still million dollars cheaper than a hospital bed, and much cheaper and safer than home visits by doctors.

Safer too! All can take place safely at the patient’s own home. On his own phone. No risk of infecting others.

So hopefull everyone can see my point? ResappDx is required to complement the use of viral PCR (not replace it), to stage the disease, to monitor for progression, and to check for complications. Everyday. Every step of the way. The technology is indispensable. We will save money! We will save lives!! We don’t need 1.8 million isolation beds in Australia as Scott Morrison suggested. But we do need telehealth and ResappDx!!!!! Desperately!!!

There is no doubt in my mind that telehealth and ResappDx is absolutely needed for the current pandemic. Hence my letter to the Department of Health in recent times to suggest its deployment.