ESRI in talks with govt for tech help in Covid-19 pandemic fight

Encouraged by the experimental use of its technology in allocating beds, oxygen or ICU beds in Mumbai so that families do not have to run from one hospital to another, global end-to-end geospatial information (GSI) system major ESRI Technologies is in talks with the government to this further.

The purpose is to see if the states and the Centre can use its technology to tackle the issues arising from the pandemic. Can its satellite-based system monitor oxygen levels in hospitals, track the movement of oxygen tankers, monitor bed shortages, or even manage vaccination?

In Mumbai, the company worked with the municipal corporation