The 50-year-old man from Zimbabwe developed pain on the left side of his chest. Naturally, he began to get worried; and adding to the anxiety he was in a foreign country. He had landed in Chennai on the previous day, as a delegate of the Zimbabwean team for the 44th Chess Olympiad.
He visited the health booth at Four Points by Sheraton, the venue of the Olympiad. He didn’t quite expect that he would be able to consult his physician back home in Zimbabwe from right there. The doctor could see his ECG reading and determine his blood pressure – all in real time.
A member of the Mozambique contingent had a different health issue. He had gout and a severe headache. And he wasn’t fluent in English. He was delighted and relieved to find that he could connect to his doctor, back home, in Portuguese.
