Kolkata: To make care easily accessible during the upcoming third wave, the Bengal Government immediately launched e-OPDs or virtual outpatient services for non-covid patients that can be accessed by anyone with laptops, tablets or Android phones through video-chatting, following Where e-recipes will be generated for treatment.
Explained by the Chairman of the Minister of Mamata Banerjee, the Department of Health officers worked overtime to make the friendly health facility of these citizens successful.
After tasting success with e-clinics at the grassroots level in Bengal rural, e-opd said, the Ministry of Health officials will expand health services for a large number of people regardless of their economic conditions, free of charge.
Since the government hospital has several of the best medical practitioners, the E-OPD will provide services by specialists in their respective fields, said a senior officer in Swasthya Bhavan, the Headquarters of the Ministry of Health.
The patient score is set to benefit.
Snehasis Bhakta, a retired school teacher and a chronic heart patient, had to wait for almost four months for the covid front level to subside to consult with his doctor during the first wave of Covid.
Aritro Nandi, a young athlete, must bear the pain of his ankle fracture for months that lead to complications that leave their future as an uncertain athlete.
“We will run the service pilot shortly before launching e-opds.
We are checking if we can have one e-opd on every ward in all our cities where people without cellphones or computers can access services without obstacles.
This will be Space with computers installed cameras and trained health assistants who will help patients to chat with videos with doctors available through e-opds, “said a health department officer.
The e-opd will be monitored through the Swasthya Application Ingit in Swasthya Bhavan.
The number of doctors, patients and electronic recipes produced will be monitored.
The system will produce a large number of health data environments.
Effective data mining can find patterns in common diseases and can have an effective prevention mechanism, said an officer.
E-OPDs, such as e-clinics, will also prevent unnecessary density in government hospitals and allow patients access to the best practitioners from home.
The latter is only available at the famous Government Medical College and Hospital.
Exactly from a general practitioner to a specialist, various specialists will be available through video calls.