Remote Alaska port clinic goes modern with telemedicine

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The only clinic in one of the nation's busiest commercial fishing ports is so remote that even conventional telemedicine for emergencies has been impossible for its limited staff - until this week.

Starting Thursday, a new partnership with an Anchorage hospital will virtually beam critical care doctors 800 miles away to the emergency room on Unalaska Island, home to Dutch Harbor.

Remote Alaska port clinic goes modern with telemedicine