Abakar Mahamat
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“Instead of asking people to travel hundreds of kilometres to find a doctor, I wanted to use technology to bring the doctor closer to them,”
Abakar Mahamat · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-23
Abakar Mahamat explained the motivation behind launching the Telemedan initiative in 2021.
“We want Telemedan to become a sustainable layer of healthcare infrastructure, not simply a collection of technology projects,”
Abakar Mahamat · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-23
Abakar Mahamat shared his long-term vision for Telemedan as a lasting healthcare infrastructure.
“A patient should not have to choose between seeking medical care and being able to feed their family,”
Abakar Mahamat · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-23
Abakar Mahamat stressed the economic trade-offs families face when seeking healthcare.
“The problem wasn’t only the lack of doctors,”
Abakar Mahamat · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-23
Abakar Mahamat spoke about the barriers rural communities face when trying to access medical care.
“We want to see that the absence of reliable electricity or the internet should not mean the absence of healthcare,”
Abakar Mahamat · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-23
Abakar Mahamat discussed how telemedicine aims to overcome infrastructure challenges like the lack of electricity or internet.
“It was also the distance between those doctors and the communities that needed them.”
Abakar Mahamat · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-23
Abakar Mahamat highlighted the distance between rural communities and medical doctors.