Health Ministry’s telemedicine initiative – E-Sanjeevani recorded five lakh teleconsultations in a short span of time and the last one lakh consultations were completed in a record time of 17 days.
- As a digital modality of health care services delivery, e-Sanjeevani is gradually shaping into a parallel stream for the Indian healthcare delivery system with the number of teleconsultations per day on the platform touching 8,000 mark in the last few days.
- At present, 26 states are using e-Sanjeevani’s two variants of telemedicine namely – doctor to doctor (e-SanjeevaniAB-HWC) and patient to doctor (e-SanjeevaniOPD).
- The Union health and family welfare minister, Harsh Vardhan on May 7, 2020 had launched the ‘Sanjivani’ app and two AYUSH based studies related to Covid-19 situation.
(Source: AIR)
