Updated @ 10:23 p.m., Feb. 4, 2020
MANILA, Philippines — Actress Heart Evangelista on Tuesday provided telemedicine services for residents in Sorsogon City to provide accessible health care to residents of far-flung areas.
“In a time where health concerns are on the rise, it’s important to give access to healthcare to everyone. In Sorsogon, we started to test a Tele-Med/Tele-Doc where patients can virtually consult a doctor using cellphones or internet connection,” read Evangelista’s caption on Instagram.
“ 📲 It even has BP [blood pressure], ECG [electrocardiogram], temperature, and blood sugar tests that doctors can see in real-time,” it added.
In a separate tweet, Evangelista said the project was spearheaded by provincial government of Sorsogon, which is under Sorsogon Gov. Francis “Chiz” Escudero, her husband.
“This was actually a project initiated by the provincial government of Sorsogon under Gov. @SayChiz,” Evangelista said.
Evangelista also hoped that the telemedicine services would be available to other areas in the Philippines.
The ECG that Evangelista was referring to measure electrical activity, rate, and regularity of one’s heartbeat, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defined telemedicine as a process where doctors give diagnostics and therapeutic services through communication technologies such as two-way video, e-mail and smartphones.
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