SHENZHEN will pilot a new therapeutic program in infectious disease control aided by advanced communications technology, enabling physicians and surgeons to remotely diagnose and treat patients.

The Shenzhen Municipal Health Commission confirmed Tuesday that Shenzhen No. 3 People’s Hospital, Shenzhen-based tech firm Huawei and China Telecom Shenzhen Branch had signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement to carry out the upgrading of the hospital’s smart hospital program for infectious diseases.

Before ambulances take patients to the hospital, real-time physical data, monitoring images, first-aid procedures and on-site conditions of the patients will be transmitted to the hospital within milliseconds, said Lei Yunlong, who is in charge of the hospital’s equipment department.

“The surgical environment and safety will be largely improved because vision clarity is increased by the new-generation communications network,” he said.

ER doctors can formulate rescue plans in advance and have the operating room prepared, allowing more time for treatment.