KMC Mangalore team led by Dr. Haroon secures patent for emergency patient monitoring system
New technology aims to improve pre-hospital care and save lives during ambulance transfers
Mangaluru, July 12: In a significant step forward for emergency medical care, a team of doctors and MBBS students from Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Mangalore, has published a patent for a newly developed real-time emergency monitoring system. The patent, titled “Real-Time Pre-Hospital Emergency Monitoring System and Method”, was officially registered on July 11, 2025.
The team behind the innovation includes Dr. Haroon H from the Department of General Medicine, Dr. Sameena H from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and MBBS students Shubham Bhusari (MBBS batch 2021), Snehal Mahima Castelino (MBBS batch 2022), and Aayush Ganesh Iyer (MBBS batch 2022).
The patented system is designed to continuously monitor a patient's vital signs and health condition in real-time during their transfer to a hospital, especially when coming from distant or rural locations. The technology allows medical professionals—both those accompanying the patient in the ambulance and those waiting at the receiving hospital—to access the patient’s health data live.
According to the team, the core idea is to bridge the critical gap in care that often exists during the journey between the point of emergency and the hospital. The system will use information technology and connected devices to track and transmit essential data like heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and other physiological parameters from the ambulance to the hospital team.
This real-time tracking will also support automated clinical decision-making. Based on the patient’s condition, the system can help determine the most suitable hospital for treatment, instead of automatically routing the patient to the nearest facility. This could prove crucial in complex medical emergencies where specialist intervention is required.
How will the system work:
Let’s say a patient is being brought from a remote village located two hours away from Mangalore. Right now, in most cases, the hospital doesn’t receive proper details about what happens to the patient during the journey. Sometimes, critical changes in the patient's condition go unnoticed. This new system allows the doctor referring the patient and the doctor receiving the patient to both track the patient's condition live, with the help of paramedics on the ambulance.
The system is built not just for monitoring but also to make the entire process of transferring patients more efficient. "The goal is to save time, reduce confusion, and most importantly, save lives," the team added.
Several patients lose their lives during ambulance transfers simply because their condition isn’t monitored properly en route. By providing live data and allowing medical staff at the destination to prepare in advance, this technology could bring down such fatalities.
The innovation comes at a time when India’s emergency medical services are still developing in many parts of the country, especially rural areas. Lack of proper coordination during emergency transport remains a serious challenge.
By enabling better communication between referring and receiving doctors, and giving both sides access to real-time data, this system has the potential to improve how emergency care is managed, particularly in time-sensitive situations like cardiac arrests, trauma, or complicated pregnancies.
The system, once implemented and scaled, could act as a model for emergency services across the country and beyond.
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Communal hate speech case: Bail granted to Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat
Mangaluru: RSS leader Dr. Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat has been granted bail by the Puttur Fifth Additional District and Sessions Court in a case related to alleged communal hate speech.
The case pertains to a complaint filed against Bhat for delivering a speech during a Deepotsava event that was allegedly communal, derogatory towards women, and capable of disturbing public order. The incident took place on October 22 at Uppalige in Puttur taluk during the Deepotsava and Gopuja programme, where Bhat was present.
Following the complaint filed by Eshwari Padmunja at the Puttur Rural Police Station, the police had issued a notice directing Bhat to appear for inquiry. Subsequently, Bhat filed an anticipatory bail petition before the court.
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During the hearing on October 27, the court issued an interim order restraining coercive action and adjourned the matter to October 29 for complete hearing. On October 29, the counsel representing complainant Eshwari Padmunja sought permission to argue under Sections 338 and 339 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). The court adjourned the matter several times post that.
On Wednesday, the court granted bail to Prabhakar Bhat.
Advocate Mahesh Kaje represented him in the proceedings.
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