Dr. K.M. Cherian Foundation’s Frontier Mediville along with Maurice Lev Saroja Bharati Museum and International Centre of Excellence in Cardiac Pathology organised the first international conference on “Biological Data Storage Access and Sharing” (Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Cloud seeding of Cardiac Pathology Specimens for Perpetuality) on Tuesday. According to a press release, this was taken up as an initiative by the Department of Biotechnology on biological data storage, access and sharing policy of India. Representatives from UT Southwestern, Boston Children Hospital and Sheba International, Tel-Aviv, Israel, participated.
Dr. Cherian said the implementation of data storage would play a critical role in healthcare sector by facilitating technology. It was important to make optimum use of cloud storage and server technology to preserve heart specimens and procedures that can help save many lives in the future.
The foundation also inked a memorandum of understanding with Golden Zaneka Public Co. Ltd, Myanmar to train and transfer technology in the science of cardiovascular medicine to Myanmar healthcare providers in the private and public sector. Through this, the two institutions would exchange knowledge on various developments in the field of cardiothoracic surgery, coronary artery intervention, cardiovascular intensive care, basic cardiac research methodology protocol, clinical and research skill training, the release said.