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Tech Life

The doctor will see you now

Tech Life

BBC

Tech News, News, Technology

4.4221 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Live trials are under way in Ghana of holoportation 3D telemedicine tech. It allows a patient in a remote location to connect to a doctor many miles away, and be examined. We speak to the lead engineer involved in the project, as well as a patient and a doctor benefiting from the portable kit.

Also on Tech Life, what happens when a country's leader decides the names of some places (or stretches of water) are about to change ? Do online maps update ? How is it decided ? Our reporter has been searching for the answers.

And what is it like working as a technology correspondent, reporting on the busy and ever-changing North America tech scene ? We chat to Lily Jamali who does exactly that for the BBC.

We are always keen to hear from you. You can email us: [email protected], or send us a text message or voice note on Whatsapp: +44 330 1230 320.

Presenter: Graham Fraser Producer: Tom Quinn Editor: Monica Soriano

(Image: Image of a female doctor communicating with a patient on a portable video link. Credit: Hiraman/Getty Images)

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0:43.6

Welcome to TechLife on the BBC World Service, the programme about technology making an impact on your life. I'm Graham Fraser and this week we're looking at hol deportation. What is it?

0:49.7

And how is it helping people who need medical attention in Africa? That's in a moment. We can't get enough

0:55.7

of online maps here at TechLife. We're obsessed with them. So what happens when a country's

1:00.8

leader decides the names of some places, or stretches of water, are about to change? Do the maps

1:06.6

update? How is it decided? Our reporter has been searching for the answers. And, what is

1:12.8

it like working as a technology correspondent

1:15.0

reporting on the busy

1:16.8

and ever-changing North American

1:18.5

tech scene? We chat to Lily

1:20.7

Jamali, who does exactly that for

1:22.7

the BBC. We start today with news of a project helping people in need of specialist medical help in West Africa.

1:49.2

Live trials are underway in Ghana of Holoportation 3D telemedicine technology.

1:55.0

Now that's a bit of a mouthful.

1:56.8

It basically allows a patient in a remote location to connect to a doctor, possibly hundreds or even thousands of miles away, and be examined.

2:05.6

It is using portable video technology with everything needed packed into a van which can travel around the country.

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