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.