HOPE Telecare seeks volunteer doctors to join telemedicine task force, Offering free virtual medical consultation for the public

YANGON, MYANMAR – Media
OutReach – 26 August 2021 –
In conjunction with its launch, HOPE Telecare, Myanmar’s latest all-in-one
digital healthcare platform, is calling doctors available to join the HOPE Task Force, a voluntary telemedicine service to provide
free virtual medical consultation amidst the Ministry of Health’s stay-at-home
order across the country and to reduce patient-medical healthcare specialist
contact in view of the soaring COVID-19 cases.

The service allows the general public to obtain virtual medical consultation
for free.

Dr Saw Mra Aung, co-founder of HOPE Telecare said, “With the recent
daily new COVID-19 cases reaching all time high, we understand that more state resources
need to be channeled to combat the infection spread. Therefore, we call for
volunteer doctors to join our virtual health advisory task force to reduce the
burden on the public healthcare system. This is an opportunity for doctors to
volunteer their time and expertise without putting themselves at risk. We
believe that the efforts of our volunteers from the task force will help
contribute positively in the midst of this public health crisis”

“In times like this, the public
would try to avoid visiting high risk places like clinics and hospitals. HOPE
Telecare would like to help ease public concern and offer easy access, via no
fuss messaging platforms such as Facebook Messenger and via our own HOPE app
for mobile phones, to information from verified experts at the safety of their
own home,” Dr Saw added.

HOPE Telecare is a joint-venture by Myanmar’s Blue Ocean Investment
Limited, Dr Saw Mra Aung, and Malaysia’s “First Digital Signature Electronic
Prescription System” DOC2US owned by Heydoc International Sdn Bhd as their
technical partner.

Htun Htun Naing, Chairman of HOPE Telecare explained, “HOPE is the
acronym of “Helping Our People Everyday” which stems from our mission to help
the people of Myanmar to get accessible, affordable, and equitable healthcare
services anytime, anywhere,”

“About 70% of our population living in the rural area where doctors are
not easily found, while our internet penetration rate is growing at more than
10% year-on-year from the current 43%, we believe telemedicine is the way
forward to improve the quality of care in the country. It would complement the
physical healthcare ecosystem by freeing up physical medical resources to those
who need it.” said Htun.

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