WITH limited access to at-home technology, her specialist several hours away and she and her husband on ‘the farm’, Dianne McDonald is on the “tell a friend – tell 10!” bandwagon, when it comes to Telehealth.

Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy – the disease which most likely went undiagnosed for her brother and claimed his life – Mrs McDonald said the Telehealth hub installed at the Dartmoor Bush Nursing Centre, paired with the familiarity of the centre’s staff had been a “God send” in coping with her disease and its treatment.