Basrah University launches an online platform to follow up patients of home quarantine

Prof. Dr. Saad Shaheen Hammadi, President of the University, said during the press conference the platform is found to follow up Coronavirus patients of home quarantine those whose cases are light to medium and do not need their hospitalization to avoid contact with other patients and medical personnel and to reduce the pressure on hospital and emergency corridors.
The patient will be followed up on the platform after filling in an electronic form then contacting the specialist to diagnosed the case and give the directions to the patients.
For his side, researcher Saif Al-Aboudi, one of the members of the scientific team, stated that the platform is a patent and registered in the scientific property rights, and it is the first platform of its kind in the world that provides an early online reveling of Coronavirus through cough sound and examination of lung performance by using the artificial intelligence. This system has many advantages including saving effort and time without the need for medical personnel or contact between the patient and the medical staff or the rest of the patients.