In an innovative attempt to mitigate the mental health issues of COVID-19 patients, the Yatharth hospital in Noida Extension in Uttar Pradesh near New


In an innovative attempt to mitigate the mental health issues of COVID-19 patients, the Yatharth hospital in Noida Extension in Uttar Pradesh near New Delhi, deplyoed a robot to help in counselling of patients. The robot named ‘Mitra’ a friend, connects the infected patients, who have been under treatment at the hospital, with their families on video calls. The calls are made using the screen on the body of the robot. ‘Mitra’ is designed and developed by Bengaluru, India based start-up Invento Robotics. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar


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