Union minister for civil aviation Praful Patel has inaugurated the tele-health project at KLE's Hospital and medical research centre here. The state-of-the-art rural tele-health project has been implemented through BSNL's Broadband VSAT network. | |
| The minister interacted with the doctors at Gokak Hospital, Belgaum Ayurveda Hospital and Kinaye (Khanapur) primary health centre where the facility has been installed. |
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| Patel said that it was Rajiv Gandhi who had placed the seed of telecommunication in India two decades ago. |
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| "This has grown rapidly and is helping a large number of people," he said. |
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| Patel congratulated the KLE Society for adopting innovations and running over 160 institutions. |
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| Presiding over the function, KLE Society chairman Prabhakar Kore appealed to Patel to upgrade Belgaum airport to facilitate growth of health tourism in the northern parts of the state. |
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