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Government will launch e-Sanjeevani Tele-consultation facility at one lakh centers on April 16, the 4th anniversary of Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness.
In a tweet, Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said, now the common citizens will also be able to take advice from the big doctors of the country. He said, government is strengthening the primary healthcare network with Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centre.
More than one lakh 17 thousand Health and Wellness Centre have been operationalized in the country so far.
The e-Sanjeevani services for telemedicine were started by the union health ministry during the Covid pandemic to ensure health consultation reaches the person even in a remote village. At the time of launch, the ministry had stated that this was a doctor-to-doctor telemedicine service to provide general and specialised health services in rural areas.
It allows virtual connection between the beneficiary (along with the paramedic and a generalist) at the spoke which is health and wellness centre (HWC) and the doctor/specialist at the hub posted at a tertiary healthcare centre. This facilitates real-time virtual consultation from doctors and specialists at the hub with the beneficiary (through paramedics) at the spoke. The e-prescription generated at end of the session is used for obtaining medicines. Currently, SanjeevaniHWC is operational at around 50,000 health and wellness centres in the country