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Coronavirus: Can a robot do nurse's job? Jaipur hospital tries to find out

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JAIPUR : A government hospital here is putting a robot through its paces to see if it can help in the fight against coronavirus, delivering food and medicines to patients admitted there.

If the trial works out, the humanoid robot could make its way to assigned patients with a tray carrying food or medicines. Potentially, this would reduce the chances of the hospital staff contracting the infection.

Nurses now need to approach such patients wearing protective gear like masks and gloves. SMS Hospital superintendent Dr D S Meena said a private firm had approached them, offering a robot which could carry food and medicines to patients, a job normally done by the nursing staff. “We are conducting a trial and a committee has been formed to see

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