Who knew Bangladesh was so advanced in their use of health information technology?!?
Computer Meridian Diagnostics (CMD), an internet-based computerised health check-up system, is gaining popularity in
CMD claims to diagnose illness and report on 12 main organs of a human body such as heart, lungs, kidney, liver, gallbladder, stomach, digestive system and pancreas. Reports are generated in as fast as 20 seconds.
CMD technology provides one with the analysis of the latest state of one's health taking readings fingertip skin scrapings. Proponents say the system builds a fitness profile and measures the energy level of 12 vital organs.
Uh-huh. You'll forgive my skepticism on complete health profiles built in 20 seconds based on fingertip samples. Well perhaps there is something to it... this technology was developled my the Russian Space Agency.
The people in Chittagong, Bangladesh, came to know more about the technology when a stall offered CMD check-up facilities at a three-day IT fair. Around 70 people received the CMD check-ups at the stall.
The Bangladesh Softalk Online Private Limited, a Dhaka-based software firm, was the first to launch the system which originated in
Professor Dr. Hasanuzzaman Bhuiyan, working at Preventive Health Care, said scientists and researchers in
If the Soviets started it then it has to be good, right?
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