RoboNurse Has My Back
Hospitals are dealing with a staffing shortage but robots can allow nurses to spend more time with patients
2 min readJul 9, 2019
Robots were frequently seen in the laboratory science space but are now moving into the hospital environment globally. In recent years, robots have been in surgery assisting physicians; now they are moving into mundane tasks, assisting nurses in the hospital. You can call such… “RoboNurses”.
RoboNurse Assists in the Hunting and Gathering of Medical Supplies
In Thailand, Mongkutwattana General Hospital started using mobile robots on a magnetic track. The robots perform time-saving tasks such as paperwork and medical deliveries. This hospital like many is dealing with a nurse staffing shortage and the robots allow nurses to spend more time with patients. As a rule of thumb, nurses spend a lot of time looking for supplies, medicine and logical issues of care.
