Medical trains.

There are already several examples in the world of health trains whose mission are to bring health and social care to remote and difficult access areas.

One example is Dr. Ramon Carrillo health train under the Ministry of Social Development of Argentina, which is a creation of the Minister Alicia Kirchner and Secretary Sergio Berni. The train assists small towns with 800 people. who have the hospital to 300 kilometers, so we await the arrival of the train, it is composed of 1 tank, 2 freight cars and 6 cars adapted with dental offices, ophthalmology, radiology, gynecology, laboratory fully equipped with 68 professionals on board.

Train health and social development of Argentina

We can imagine that telemedicine possibilities in these situations and how health professionals can take advantage of these technological tools to bring a better health and better quality to those areas.

Another interesting example is developed in Russia telemedicine system "health train" using telemedicine systems to cover with satellite broadband link all along the way.