“Because of their isolation and the challenges of travelling, these villages often have little opportunity to enjoy and cherish standard healthcare. To be able to talk to a doctor is a unique privilege for the villagers who are beset by lack of hospitals, clinics, health facilities and, particularly, qualified doctors. Currently, the patient-doctor ratio is 4000:1 and patient-nurse ratio is 15:1in Bangladesh. With the enormous advancements in mobile phone technology and its ever-growing network, mHealth could be the best solution to replace the health workforce, which currently has a critical level of manpower shortage. With 97 per cent of geographical coverage, mHealth could be the ray of hope for these ‘hard to reach’ people.”
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Mehedi Hasan Fuad, Financial Express, 22 January 2013
