June 14, 2004
Beep! You have a new SMS message - from the doctor
Mercury is a new daily SMS update service offered by the intensive care unit of the National University Hospital (NUH) of Singapore, named after the messenger of the gods in Greek mythology, reports The Straits Times.
"After their morning rounds, the doctors will compose and send an SMS to the patient's designated contact relative, to inform them on the patient's condition, how he or she was responding to treatment and what tests were scheduled later in the day, if any.
The unit's director, Associate Professor Lee Kang Hoe, who came up with the idea, said: 'We usually talk to patients' family members after our morning rounds, but this requires them to be physically present, and not everyone can make it at the time every day".
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