2L tele-consultations provided to patients via eSanjeevani

The Union Health Ministry’s ‘eSanjeevani’ digital platform has provided two lakh tele-consultations to the patients seeking medical guidance amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

“In a short span of time since November 2019, tele-consultation by ‘eSanjeevani’ has been implemented by 23 states (which covers 75 per cent of the population) and other states are in the process of rolling it out.

“In what can be seen as a big push for the ‘Digital India’ initiative of the prime minister, the eSanjeevani platform has proved its usefulness and easy access for the caregivers and the medical community, and those seeking healthcare services in the time of COVID-19,” the ministry said in a statement here.

The eSanjeevani platform has enabled two types of telemedicine services — doctor-to-doctor (eSanjeevani) and patient-to-doctor (eSanjeevani OPD) tele-consultations.