Robots to speed up service at Chulalongkorn Hospital
published : 19 Jan 2024 at 08:41
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Oraphin Phangyang
King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and the Thai Red Cross Society will use robots to speed up admin work in its outpatient department.
Five of the robots, called Mr SAM, will be deployed starting in March, according to the hospital director. The robots will take over some patient registration, as they can take pictures that will help the admission process. They can also reschedule appointments for registered patients, he added.
The robots are programmed to provide basic information about the hospital.
"We believe that the introduction of Mr SAM will speed up our services," the hospital's deputy director added.
He noted that robots have played an increasingly important role in daily life, especially following the Covid-19 pandemic, as they help reduce the risk of infection and ease the workload of medical workers and doctors.
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Vocabulary
- admission: the act of accepting somebody into a hospital for medical treatment - การรับผู้ป่วยไว้ในโรงพยาบาล
- deploy: to put in place ready for use - นำมาใช้
- deputy: a person whose rank is immediately below that of the leader of an organisation - รอง
- infection: a disease or medical condition that is caused by a bacteria or by a virus or a parasite - การติดเชื้อ
- outpatient: someone who receives medical treatment at a hospital, but who does not stay there for the night - คนไข้นอก
- patient: someone who is receiving medical treatment - คนป่วย, คนไข้
- registration: the process of recording names or information on an official list - การขึ้นทะเบียน, การลงทะเบียน
- reschedule: to change the time at which something has been arranged to happen, especially so that it takes place later - จัดตารางเวลาใหม่, เปลี่ยนตารางใหม่
- workload: the amount of work that has to be done by a particular person or organisation - ปริมาณงานที่คนหรือเครื่องจักรทำได้ระยะเวลาหนึ่ง
