Procter and Gamble (P&G) Ltd has won the government tender to develop and deliver a wearable health monitoring watch to the Medic Aid program.

As part of the acceptance criteria, the device must support specific functionality and features so that the information collected by the watch can be integrated into the medical record of the user. Some of the features are: measuring sugar, pressure, temperature, oxygen percentage and breathing rate. Additionally, the watch should include a wireless connectivity feature to transfer the information, and have a secure protocol.

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