Introduction:
Telemedicine is the use of wireless communications and web - based
technologies to provide health care and services. It can be used as
real-time video consultations and to transfer and analyse investigations
such as X-rays, CT, MRI, blood and pathology reports from a remote
area1. Telemedicine has become more accessible as
mobile phones and the internet get more and more widely
available2. In current era of Covid-19 pandemic,
mandatory social distancing has forced the suspension of outpatient
physical visits and the role of telemedicine has come to light to
provide continuum of care, especially in chronic
diseases2. This pandemic has in turn posed an
unprecedented challenge to health-care providers, who have been forced
to change their usual mode of service delivery in order to transform and
emphasis this potential toward advancement. Health care has transitioned
from hospitals to patient’s homes as a result of this driving force,
with reinforcing of home care and the execution of telemedicine
as a tool in combating this pandemic3. This article
presents a case to emphasize on the use of telemedicine to overcome
social and economic barrier in addition to confront this pandemic, so
that medical assistance can reach to rural areas and rare diseases could
be kept under surveillance.