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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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
