NEW DELHI: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences has constituted a committee that will be tasked with making its Delhi campus fully Wi-Fi enabled, an office memorandum issued on Friday said.
AIIMS Delhi has a mix of patient care, academics and research activities, which requires 24x7 campuswide secure Wi-Fi connectivity, it said.
“It has been noted that currently, only new buildings are Wi-Fi enabled and the majority of the campus has very poor WiFi connectivity which is causing great discomfort to patients, staff and visitors alike,” said Director Dr M Srinivas.
The lack of a common Wi-Fi network has led to many departments setting up Wi-Fi networks of their own to facilitate their day-to-day work making it difficult to monitor the said networks centrally for any cyber threats, it said.
“In line with the global best practices adopted by various medical universities for patient care, teaching, research, and for optimal deployment of Integrated Medical University Information System, it is desirable that the entire AllMS New Delhi campus is Wi-Fi enabled,” the memo said.
Strong Wi-Fi connectivity will also help in the implementation of eCasualty and elCU, allow easy access to eLibrary, etc. and help in the seamless sharing of data and files on a secure network across AIIMS, it added.
