Rohtak PGIMS launches state-wide tele-consultation service

Here is good news for those residing at distant places and are facing issues in reaching Pt BD Sharma PGIMS for their medical treatment. They will now be able to consult specialist doctors through their nearest community health centres (CHCs) and Primary Health Centres (PHCs) through tele-consultation.

The authorities at the PGIMS here on Thursday launched an online consultation service for such patients to provide them consultancy regarding their health issues at their doorstep while saving their time. Specialist doctors from 10 departments of the PGIMS have been engaged with the facility. They will sit at a place daily and will treat patients through e-Sanjeevani portal.

“The tele-consultation facility has been introduced following the directives of the state government, which has also made the PGIMS as a nodal centre for the state-wide service. Under the facility, the doctors posted at the CHCs and the PHCs across the state will be able to connect with the PGIMS doctors online. They will inform the PGIMS doctors about the patients’ condition to get consultation for further treatment,” said Dr HK Aggarwal, Vice-Chancellor, Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences (UHS) here.

Dr Aggarwal said the specialist doctors from various disciplines such as medicine, surgery, dental, psychiatry, orthopedics, gynaecology, pediatrics, ENT, dermatology had been associated with the facility. They would treat the patients through online video calls on the e-Sanjeevani portal. The scheme would prove to be a milestone in providing treatment to the patients at their doorstep, he claimed.

The tele-consultation room has been set up at the office of the Medical Superintendent’s office which was formally inaugurated by the Vice Chancellor. He also spent some time there to experience how the doctors were consulting and treating the patients through the online mode.

Dr Kundan Mittal, Medical Superintendent, PGIMS, said it was a matter of immense pleasure that the patients from different places in the state on Thursday started getting medical facilities near their home.

Dr Pushpa Dahiya, head, department of gynaecology, PGIMS, said the facility would not only save patients’ time but also their travel expenses.