Huawei and DCT provide CLOUD Technology to Thammasat Field Hospital, empowering Thailand to fight COVID-19 with technology

Tuesday 22 June 2021 17:18
Huawei Technologies (Thailand) Co., Ltd. and Digital Council of Thailand (DCT) donate CLOUD solution to Thammasat Field Hospital, to help strengthen the efficiency of handling the COVID-19 pandemic and build a prototype for the field hospital of the future. By utilizing CLOUD Technology from Huawei, medical staff will be able to access medical records much faster, transfer medical information through hi-speed network, as well as able access Huawei support 24/7.

Since the Digital Council of Thailand announced the collaboration with the Medical Council of Thailand and an alliance of 49 technology organizations in April 2021 to develop a smart solution in order to help ease the burden for medical personnel at field hospitals across Thailand, Huawei Technologies (Thailand) Co.,Ltd joined hands with the Digital Council of Thailand to donate Cloud services to Thammasat Field Hospital. The Cloud services include Virtual Private Cloud for creating internal private use of Cloud services among medical personnel at the field hospital, Private Cloud Server to support for medical personnel usage at the field hospital, high performance data storage with 4000 GB capacity, network connectivity and data transfer with 8192.0 GB capacity for 1 year. In addition, this Cloud Technology will be able to increase the efficiency and stability of medical data transfer.

Mr. Abel Deng, CEO of Huawei Technologies Thailand said that "HUAWEI CLOUD technology will be able to help enhance the efficiency of Thailand's healthcare sector, by improving data privacy and business continuity, as well as the flexibility and scalability for accessing any information. This Technology will help support medical personnel at the Thammasat Field Hospital by accessing or sharing medical records at a much faster rate, with the ability to transfer medical data with high-speed network as well as receive support from HUAWEI support team 24/7. Furthermore, Huawei also has a Domestic Public Cloud service in Thailand that enables our CLOUD services to perform flexibly, safely, with high efficiency and low latency."

He also added that the new cooperation with DCT is in alignment with Huawei's commitment to "Grow in Thailand, Contribute to Thailand", as a technology-leading ICT partner and proactive digital transformation enabler, especially amidst such challenging times as the ongoing spread of the pandemic. Huawei will stand firmly with Thailand and transform the ongoing crisis into a new opportunity, by utilising digital technology including to Cloud, AI, and 5G to tackle challenges in the public health and other sectors. Finally, HUAWEI would like to thank the Digital Council of Thailand, The Medical Council of Thailand, and Thammasat Field Hospital for providing an opportunity for HUAWEI to fulfill its commitment to contribute to Thailand.

"We would like to thank our partner, Huawei Thailand, for supporting Thammasat Field Hospital with the CLOUD technology and providing the consultation to the doctors and medical personnel which is beneficial for medical operations and activities, both in the Thammasat Field Hospital and the Thammasat vaccination center amidst the ongoing spread of COVID-19. Mr. Suphachai Chearavanont, Chairman of Digital Council of Thailand, aims to continue to partner with organizations that can support the medical council and medical teams in bringing the telecommunication infrastructure system and several digital technology solutions to field hospitals, including Chulalongkorn, Air Force, Don Mueang, and Thammasat for launching such phototype field hospitals in the near future." Miss Onmadee Purapati, Director and Public Relations of Digital Council of Thailand, and Mr. Sumet Tangprasert, Director of Digital Council of Thailand, said.

As Huawei Thailand is a leading technology company and a trusted ICT partner in Thailand, having operated for more than 22 years in the country, HUAWEI has been a consistently a proactive digital transformation enabler, who strives to contribute with social value in Thailand in the new normal. In May, Huawei Thailand provided AI-assisted diagnose solution, 5G telemedicine, InPatient area Intelligent Management, and eLTE broadband trunking to Bang Khun Thien Field Hospital in Bangkok. This follows other contributions to the healthcare system in Thailand, in 2020, for example, Huawei delivered 7 sets of Huawei Telemedicine Video Conferencing Solution, worth 10 million Thai baht, to the Department of Disease Control and hospitals in Thailand. Additionally, Huawei also provided an AI-assisted solution to Ramathibodi Hospital and Siriraj Hospital, technology which operates based on Huawei CLOUD and 5G, helping doctors analyze CT quantification results of cases of infection with high accuracy.

Source: Carl Byoir & Associates