Aligarh Division is now going to be the hub of Tele-Medicine, Tele-Consultant. Tele-Medicine and Tele-Consultant control Room will improve the health services of CHC, PHC of Kasganj, Etah and Hathras.
Tele-Medicine, Tele-Consultant control room will be set up in Aligarh. It will work on the logic of the E-Sanjeevani control room. CHC and PHC's patients will be able to undergo treatment by the doctors of the Divisional Headquarters. Tele-Medicine, Tele-Consultant control room will be built in 18 divisions including Aligarh.
The state government has taken the initiative of this scheme to provide health facilities in all the districts under which the district sub-centers, urban and rural primary health centers and health and wellness centers will be facilitated. Through Tele-Medicine, Tele-Consultant control, CHO and medical officers will be able to take advice from medical college and divisional level MBBS doctors and specialists. In the first phase, this facility is going to be started in 5 medical colleges in the state and 18 divisions in the second phase. Tele-Medicine, Tele-Consultant Control Room will be made in Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, Aligarh with the cost of Rs 24 lakhs.
Apart from this, the district hospital of Agra, Kanpur, Meerut, Muradabad, Gonda, Jhansi, Banda, Varanasi, Azamgarh, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, Mirzapur, Balrampur, Basti, Ayudhya, Prayagraj, Saharanpur also included in this scheme.
CHO and medical officers of all health and wellness center will be provided with tablet and webcam. If the patients coming to these centers have a serious problem, then CHO and medical officers can contact the control room and consult the doctors and specialists. More than 250 health and wellness centers will be connected to a single telemedicine hub.
Dr. B.P Singh, CMO, Aligarh told that the budget has been released by the state government for the Tele-Medicine, Tele-Consultant hub, for which the procurement of computers and other necessary equipment has also been done, but Deen Dayal Hospital is still Covid Hospital, so it is taking time to build a control room. The health department will soon release the roster to complete the work of the control room.
Dr. Anirudh Maheshwari, Nodal officer, Aligarh said that he has been selected by the Health Department as the nodal officer for Tele-Medicine, Tele-Consultant Hub. The place to construct the control room has been identified. Covid has delayed work but hopes to start work soon.
On 12th June, Sanjeevni App was launched by the state government so that during the corona pandemic people can get treatment for OPD and other diseases at home. People are also being made aware of this app.