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Pradeep Kumar

18/09/21 09:00 AM IST

Seva Samarpan Abhiyaan

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Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launches countrywide free Telemedicine facility to mark “Seva Samarpan Abhiyaan”

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  • The Minister also announced that “JIGYASA”, a student- scientist connect programme of the Ministry of Science & Technology will be extended to cover schools in over 700 districts of India within one year.
  • The programme jointly executed with KendriyaVidyalayaSangathan is currently operational in 170 districts of the country.
  • A countrywide free telemedicine facility will overcome the problems of Accessibility, Availability and Affordability. 
  • All three obstacles like quality of services, doctors and assistance, distance of traveling and cost of consultation/treatment are targeted and solved efficiently through this facility.
  • Telemedicine services like SAATH and E-Sanjeevani add a meta-layer to the primary health sector, thus helping upgrade the entire health care system of India.
  • Telemedicine will not only help the patients save their time and money, but also the doctors who can quickly assist their patients over a call for the same and actively engage in promptly treating patients with major ailments.
  • To make this possible, the majority of the people living in the country will have to embrace telemedicine services.
Source: PIB

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