By Newsbreak's Taliesha Naidoo - An innovative plan to reduce the waiting time for patients at hospitals has won the top prize in the Siemens Healthineers Innovation Think Tank Programme. The programme, which was hosted by Regent Business School, saw 21 candidates develop ideas to best solve South Africa's health challenges. The winning team developed ideas that aims to improve a patients quality of care while reducing their waiting time at busy healthcare facilities. The team also developed a cheaper source of energy that will assist rural hospitals during power outages. Winning team member, Sameshin Reddy, who is a pharmacist at Prince Mshiyeni Hospital in Durban, explains how their idea uses innovation and technology to address real-life problems...

<p>By Newsbreak's Taliesha Naidoo - An innovative plan to reduce the waiting time for patients at hospitals has won the top prize in the Siemens Healthineers Innovation Think Tank Programme. The programme, which was hosted by Regent Business School, saw 21 candidates develop ideas to best solve South Africa's health challenges. The winning team developed ideas that aims to improve a patients quality of care while reducing their waiting time at busy healthcare facilities. The team also developed a cheaper source of energy that will assist rural hospitals during power outages. Winning team member, Sameshin Reddy, who is a pharmacist at Prince Mshiyeni Hospital in Durban, explains how their idea uses innovation and technology to address real-life problems...</p>

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