A doctor carries out remote nerve regulation therapy on a patient with Parkinson's disease at Nantong Fourth People's Hospital in Gangzha district, Nantong. [Photo/WeChat account: ntgzsd]

Nantong Fourth People's Hospital, based in Gangzha district, Nantong, Jiangsu province, recently carried out remote nerve regulation therapy for five patients with Parkinson's disease with the help of 5G technology, which was the first treatment of its kind in the province.

The hospital has been carried on many nerve regulation operations for patients with Parkinson's disease, dystonia and essential tremors over the past three years, taking the lead in the province. It has also completed over 120 operations for brain pacemaker implantation.

It is suggested that patients with Parkinson's disease need to receive DBS (deep brain stimulation) therapy when they can't live a normal life and drug therapy can no longer help control the disease.

Due to differences in personal conditions, patients need to receive nerve regulation treatment after they have brain pacemakers implanted. Doctors then send stimulation to the nerve stimulators in patients' heads.

Compared with the 4G network, 5G technology solves the problem of control lag, delivers instructions more quickly and can collect more information over the same period.

Through 5G, doctors are able to observe the clinical manifestations of patients more directly and clearly, which can ensure the stability and safety of remote regulation therapy.