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eSanjeevani

8th December, 2022 Health

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  • Government-free telemedicine service, eSanjeevani has crossed another milestone by clocking eight crore teleconsultations.

About e-Sanjeevani OPD:

  • The e-Sanjeevani OPD is a flagship telemedicine platform of the Government, developed by the Centre for Development of Advance Computing (C-DAC), Mohali under the aegis of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
  • It provides free consultations to Indian citizens and is functioning extremely well.
  • However, due to the surge in COVID-19 cases, the demand for doctors is up while the supply has reduced as doctors are being pulled out for COVID ward duties.
  • This is where the defence veterans are stepping in to help.

 

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