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Thousands of kilometers away in Austin, Texas, Viswanathan's older son Ravi was just stirring. When the phone rang, the 28-year-old assumed his parents were calling at such an unearthly hour to talk about an upcoming family holiday. "When my mother broke the news," he says, "all I could think of was the great physical distance between us." How could he juggle his work commitments at Motorola, where he is a software analyst, and his desire to see his father...
...anywhere can help out with medical bills.) To date the hospital has logged nearly 500 online visits. Says Dr. Vivek Jawali, chief cardiovascular surgeon: "We started this as an innovative technology play, but it is turning out to be an emotional support system." That is certainly true for the Viswanathan family. Their sons are preparing to rig up their home PC so they can come face-to-face more often...
...cool bangalore morning a month ago, Swayambu Viswanathan was discussing work with a colleague when he felt a sudden tightness in his chest and broke into a sweat. Rushed to a clinic, his ECG showed he had suffered a heart attack. Viswanathan, 59, was taken to Wockhardt, a heart specialty hospital, to undergo an angioplasty procedure to clear a clogged artery...
...care two days later, Ravi sat at home and watched him. Using Wockhardt's groundbreaking Virtual Family Visit, Ravi and his brother Karthik, 26, who works in London, logged on to the hospital's website (whhi.com) to get a firsthand medical update. "This is a new way of communicating," Viswanathan told his sons, as he lay in bed in his hospital pajamas. Ravi was relieved. "Just seeing my father gesticulate and talk was a great feeling," he says. In turn, Viswanathan perked up when his sons sent virtual cards telling him how good he looked...
Middlesex District Court records show Viswanathan was arrested in 1998 for operating an uninsured motor vehicle...