High-tech sensors help Bengaluru hospital turn general wards into ICUs

These connected sensors are similar to the patches which are used for ECGs and are placed on the patient's body to capture their vitals

In Bengaluru's Narayana Health's cardiac hospital, the nurses are now spending less time visiting patients' beds to record the health information of each patient. A report by Livemint says that around 700 beds in the hospital have now been fitted with connected sensors, which monitor vital signs such as blood pressure, respiratory rate, temperature, and pulse. The information can then be relayed to dedicated devices.

These connected sensors are similar to the patches that are used for ECGs and are placed on the patient's body to capture their vitals. Inside these patches are the connected sensors that are connected to