Computers have now become an integral part of our lives. Whether it is a school, colleges, offices, hospitals or home, there is hardly any place where you cannot see a computer. The importance of computers cannot be captured in words. Apart from making our work simpler, easier, and faster, computers have already helped humans in many life-threatening situations. This contribution cannot be described in words.
Especially in the field of medicine and hospitals, we have seen a lot of progress that would not have been possible without computers to help us there. In this article, we are going to discuss some of the major areas in the medical sector where computers have helped us as humans and made our lives simpler, easier, and better.
1. Computerized Robotic Operations: In earlier days, if a patient was ill and needed treatment from a doctor, then doctors from the hospital had to be present in the hospital with that patient all the time. Making the diagnosis, operating the patient, and post-operative examinations requires a physician to be physically close to the patient. Now that is not the case. With the advancement of computers, hospitals have introduced the latest technology and treatment methods by which a physician can perform diagnoses and examinations thousands of miles away from a patient.
Even the operations are done remotely with the help of the robotic arm. The introduction of robotic operations has made the lives of many patients in need easier. If some services are not available locally, now the patient does not need to travel hundreds of miles to go to a better hospital. The hospital and its services will reach him directly. The doctor can perform the operation remotely with the help of the robotic arm placed near the patient and check all the vital body parameters on the digital screen in front of him/her. It’s literally like a doctor performing the operation himself. The introduction of robotic operations has made operating and treating patients in need faster, easier and cheaper at the same time.
2. Computerized Internal Diagnosis: There are often scenarios where the doctor needs to do the internal diagnosis of the patient to get a clear picture and the condition of the disease. Some tumors and cancer may appear to be neutralized on the outside but on the inside the condition can be completely opposite and this cannot be discovered until proper internal diagnosis of the affected body part is made. Even CT scans, X-rays and other examinations cannot give the proper condition of the disease and can delay the treatment at the same time.
The introduction of computerized internal diagnostics has made the job much easier, faster and more efficient. While using computerized internal diagnostics, most of the time a small computerized robot with a camera head is inserted into the patient’s body. The tiny robot makes its way across the affected body part and delivers real-time images of the internal parts at the same time. Doctors can literally see every area of the affected part and then they can make a justified decision about the severity of the disease and can do the treatment accordingly.
3. Computerized Electromagnetic Processors: There are many minor to moderate internal and external medical problems which are now being treated using electromagnetic techniques with the help of computers. Many skin, hair and eye problems are now being solved using laser, radio and electromagnetic technologies.
Earlier these cases and many of these medical diseases required an operation and kept the patient in hospitals for several days. With the introduction of electromagnetic therapies, these problems are dealt with without surgery and the patient does not need hospitalization either. The patient can simply go out and perform his daily rituals as before.
These are some of the key areas where computers have found their way to show how important they are in our medical sectors. New developments are being made every day in the medical sectors, many incurable diseases are now treatable and all this is due to the advancement in the computer and technology sector. With computer speed, efficiency, and applications increasing every day, more improvements are expected in the near future.