October 19, 2021 8:26 AM

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Health Ministry's eSanjeevani records 14 million consultations

<span style="color: #222222;">India's leading telemedicine service – eSanjeevani of Health Ministry has registered 1.4 crore consultations. Operating in two variants eSanjeevani AB-HWC and eSanjeevani OPD, this initiative has over the time gained immense popularity in being able to deliver healthcare services through digital platforms. eSanjeevani AB-HWC, a Doctor-to-Doctor teleconsultation system which was launched with an intent to alleviate the Urban-Rural divide in terms of health services and it works on Hub-and-Spoke Model. It has accounted for more than 85 lakh consultations. <br />''<br />''The 'Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres' (HWCs) set up at State Level, act as Spokes, which are mapped with the HUB comprising MBBS and Super-Specialty doctors at Zonal level. The Health Ministry said that one lakh 55 thousand Health and Wellness Centres will be on boarded as spokes by December 2022.  eSanjeevani OPD, the second variant initiative was launched in April last year and aims at providing safe Doctor-to-Patient consultations. eSanjeevani as a whole is addressing the shortage of doctors and specialists at the ground levels, while also reducing the burden on secondary and tertiary level hospitals.</span><br />

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