Every hospital inpatient in America should navigate right now to the just-published AARP Magazine and its virtual hospital room.

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But he thinks the bigger challenge is staffing a virtual hospital that might be asked to attend to the needs of an unknown number of subscribers.

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Philips is developing the technology as a contactless system to keep a virtual eye on hospital patients, such as newborn babies, who might find conventional monitors distressing.

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There was also considerable spending on public projects - Ysbyty Gwynedd and Wrexham Maelor Hospital, the dualling of the A55 and the virtual completion of the M4 in south Wales being obvious examples.

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The first virtual 3D surgical program to train doctors has been developed by the Golden Jubilee National Hospital.

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