When Jennifer Lopez helped launch a telemedicine network for children in Panama

Jennifer Lopez (R) is seen alongside then Panamanian First Lady Marta Linares de Martinelli at the Hospital del Nino (AFP file photo) Singer Jennifer Lopez and her sister, Lynda Lopez, have helped expand access to specialist medical care for children in Panama through a donation of telemedicine equipment. In 2012, their Lopez Family Foundation supported a network linking hospitals and health centres in Panama with Children's Hospital Los Angeles in the United States. The system allowed doctors to examine medical information, discuss diagnoses and seek specialist advice remotely, particularly for children living in areas where specialised healthcare was difficult to access.According to Panama's Spanish newspaper La Prensa, for families in the country's remote Ngabe-Bugle indigenous region, reaching a hospital with specialist doctors could involve travelling considerable distances. With the new programme, a child could be examined at a participating healthcare facility while doctors elsewhere reviewed the findings and helped decide what treatment or further attention was needed.The initiative had taken shape the previous year, when Lynda Lopez and Dr Stuart Siegel of Children's Hospi...