Mali: Hospital at Dimmbal Uses Satellite Internet for Telemedicine

Situated some 750 km from Mali's capital Bamako, patients at Dimbal hospital are now benefiting from the medical opinion of experts in Geneva. This is made possible by the Geolink Access satellite which allows doctors in the hospital to ask questions of experts 6,000kms away in case of difficulties. The network is an initiative for 'la mission archéologique et ethnoarchéologique suisse en Afrique occidentale (Maesao)' and Dimbal is a pilot project.