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How tech is coming to the aid of a battered healthcare sector
From resource efficiency to security, with some futuristic solutions such as âmixed realityâ surgery, technology is contributing to the provision of better care to more people across the world and in SA.
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The efficient, affordable and equitable rollout of vaccine programmes across the globe is the latest challenge. Image: Christinne Muschi, Bloomberg
The healthcare sector has been through one of the most torrid periods in living memory. Hospitals have been repurposed as the last line of defence against Covid-19, placing nearly half those in need of elective care on hold. There is a global shortage of qualified healthcare workers, and this is compounded in an industry faced with an increasing chronic disease burden.