e-Sanjeevani tele-medicine has served more than one lakh people
The Health department’se-Sanjeevani tele-medicine platform, through a hub-and-spoke model, has rendered doctor-to-doctor services to 1.02 lakh people so far. Through the facility, people have been able to access super-specialty care from nearby government hospitals without traveling to medical college hospitals. District and general hospitals will provide speciality care services, and the medical college hospitals will provide super-speciality care. While these will act as the “hubs,” the family and urban health centres will act as the “spokes.” Doctors in family/urban health centres can refer the patients for speciality/super-speciality care as may be required after the initial examination and connect to the doctors in the hub hospitals through the doctor-to-doctor facility of e-Sanjeevani. Through this, the services of an expert doctor will be available for specialty and super specialty treatment without going to medical colleges and district hospitals. e-Sanjeevani has conducted over 4.88 lakh consultations through its outpatient (OP) clinics so far, wherein patients can speak to their doctors on a video call, and get medicines or lab investigations prescribed. After the online consultation, one can immediately download the prescription, buy the medicines, get the tests done and continue to seek services. Palliative care staff, hope workers and staff nurses who make home visits can provide doctor services to patients through a doctor-to-doctor system. The services can be accessed through the esanjeevaniopd.in/kerala portal or through the e-Sanjeevani app. For details, contact DISHA – 104/1056.
