Chandigarh, September 15
Health Minister Anil Vij has said that an online health facility “Stay Home OPD” has been started in the state to ensure uninterrupted services during the Covid pandemic.
The free-of-cost facility has been started under the name of “e-Sanjeevani OPD”. With this, people suffering from health ailments can get themselves registered on the “e-Sanjeevani” app to get free online medical consultation, Vij said. “Due to difficult circumstances arising of the pandemic, people suffering from aliments other than Covid are facing problems in getting treatment. Hence, the ‘e-Sanjeevani OPD’ has been has launched. So far, more than 1,000 patients have benefited from it,” the Health Minister said. On the online platform, a patient can upload his reports and get information about the disease and the required line of treatment from the doctor. Later, the doctor will give an online prescription to the patient. “Stay Home OPD” is available from 10 am to 1 pm and from 3 pm to 5 pm from Monday to Saturday. — TNS
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