VARESE, Italy (Reuters) – He does not wear a mask however he is conserving lives from coronavirus just the very same. Meet Tommy, the robotic nurse.
A robotic assisting medical teams deal with clients struggling with the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) is pictured at a client’s room, in the Circolo healthcare facility, in Varese, Italy April 1,2020 REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
Tommy is among 6 brand-new robotics helping flesh-and-blood doctors and nurses take care of coronavirus patients at the Circolo Healthcare Facility in Varese, a city in the northern Lombardy area that is the epicenter of the break out in Italy.
” It’s like having another nurse without issues related to infection,” said Doctor Francesco Dentali, director of intensive care at the health center.
The child-size robotics with large blinking eyes are wheeled into spaces and left by a client’s bedside so physicians can take care of others who are in more serious conditions.
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