KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 29 -- A Universiti Malaya Specialist Centre (UMSC) team comprising doctors and technology experts have developed the MedCom remote sensor suite that would let senior doctors supervise operations without being physically present.

While the idea had been in the works for years, development accelerated sharply in March when the world-stopping Covid-19 virus hit Malaysia and introduced problems for healthcare professionals that such a system would specifically address.

The system would allow medical specialists to be exponentially more effective in applying their expertise as they could oversee surgeries at virtually any location with the hardware present.

The system uses an optical mounted display reminiscent of augmen...