Pragya kendras to be roped-in for e-Sanjeevani

Ranchi: The state health secretary, Nitin Madan Kulkarni, wrote a letter to the IT department on Saturday requesting the latter to facilitate e-OPD services through its Pragya Kendras spread all over the state.
The request comes in the wake of lukewarm response to e-Sanjeevani online OPD service, which was launched on May 1 in Jharkhand to provide online medical consultations to patients amid the nationwide lockdown.
Talking to TOI, the nodal officer for e-Sanjeevani in Jharkhand, L R Pathak, said: “In order to extend the reach of our online medical consultations to patients in rural pockets, we have decided to rope-in Pragya Kendras. We will continue the service even after the lockdown is lifted, so that people from far-flung areas can avail consultation from doctors while following social-distancing norms.”
“A total of 438 patients have been attended to through e-Sanjeevani by our medical officers since May 1. We have also started offering psychiatric and specialist consultation through our portal from Saturday. A team of psychiatrists will be available for consultation between 1 to 2pm on a daily basis and specialist doctors will also be available for consultation every day between 2 to 3pm,” Pathak added.