As part of the second set of vision document released here for the Maharashtra Assembly polls, the Shiv Sena on Sunday launched the ‘Shiv Arogya Seva’ scheme, aimed at connecting doctors in rural areas with medical experts based in Mumbai through telemedicine facility to discuss their patients’ diagnosis and treatment.
Three days after announcing that the Sena-BJP combine-led DF, if voted to power, would launch e-learning scheme for school children across the state, Uddhav said that the ‘Shiv Arogya Seva’ was being launched on a pilot basis in the Chandrapur and Thane districts. “If successful,the scheme would be extended to some other places,” he said.
While launching the new scheme at the Sena Bhavan, Uddav communicated with the medical experts in Mumbai and doctors in Palghar and Chandrapur districts said that the scheme was being launched on a pilot basis in these two districts, following which it would be extended to seven other places. Uddhav said though the technology was not new, his party that though the technology was not he said that the party’s endeavour was to extend the facility for people’s welfare.
Uddhav said that attempts were being made to bring experts from abroad also to connect them with the doctors in Mumbai through telemedicine. Under this scheme, experts in Mumbai can watch live the ECG and blood pressure taken in Chandrapur and Palghar. He said that political parties needed to move beyond politics and elections and did not something for people’s welfare. “Sena’s vision document focuses on healthy and educated Maharashtra,” he said.
On whether his party would rename the existing Rajiv Gandhi Jivandayee Arogya Yojana with Shiv Arogya Seva, Uddhav said more than changing names, he was interested in change in the Government. “We believe in the concept of 80 per cent of social service and 20 per cent politics. But to serve people we need power. When we come to power, all district hospitals and medical colleges will be linked with this facility,” the Sena president said.