Web-based hospital offers patients a high-tech remedy

As China steps up efforts to overhaul its overstretched medical system, a tech company in southwestern Guizhou province is taking an innovative approach - setting up an internet hospital exclusively for patients with complicated conditions.

The 39 Internet Hospital, launched by Guiyang Longmaster Information & Technology Co Ltd, is an online platform linking patients throughout China suffering from serious conditions with leading doctors from top-tier cities.

The online initiative, which raised 50 million yuan ($7.5 million) from investors last week, is part of Longmaster's broader effort to revolutionize the medicare sector with a service-oriented approach.