Varanasi: Minister of the State Union (Independent Load) Science & Technology, Minister of State (Independent Load) Earth Sciences, MOS PMO, Personnel, Public Complaints, Pension, Atomic and Space Energy, Dr.
Jitendra Singh, said that tele-medicine technology would be The main pillar of the Indian health care system is the future.
Launching a Tele-Digital Health Experimental Program at the University of Banaras Hindu, on Friday, Singh said that innovative health solutions such as tele-medicine can save India between 4-5 billion US dollars every year and replace half of the outpatient consultation directly.
He said that the digital health mission of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the next border to ensure health services that were accessible, available, and affordable for all, especially poor people living in rural and inaccessible fields.
Telemedicine in this country has proven to cost around 30% less than in-people’s equivalent visits, he added.
Singh said that despite the technology in a long time in the country, it received Fillip in the post-covid era and after Push PM Modi to digital health ecosystems in India.
Referring to drone shipments of vaccines in some parts of India, he said, with rapid progress in technology, robotic operations will also come true immediately.
Demonstrating on the ratio of very low patients in India, which is about one per 1.457 Indian citizens, said Minister, Tele-Medicine is no longer a choice, but a must.
He said, around 65% of the Indian population living in rural villages, where the ratio of doctors was as low as one doctor per 25,000 citizens and therefore, they had to get the best medical advice from doctors and metropolitan cities.
He said, Telemedicine would not only help patients save their time and money, but also doctors, who can quickly help their patients through calls for the same and actively involved in great care with the main disease.
Singh said, projects starting from three Varanasi districts, Gorakhpur and Kamjong in Manipur will cover 60,000 patients in the initial phase and will be gradually enhanced to cover the entire country in the coming years.
Information Technology, Forecasting Board and Assessment (TIFAC), the Autonomous Agency Department of Science and Technology at the Center, has designed a telephoto-diagnostics pilot project in collaboration with IIT Madras-Pravartak Foundation Technologies & CDAC Mohali.
It will also produce a record of electronic health (EHR) for the Indian population.
The minister said, this project is a plug and play pilot model that can be scaled to provide quality medical care to women and children who are less able to live in remote areas with affordable costs.
The main activity includes patient checks, women / children with devices that can be used, transferring health data records through E-Sanjeevani clouds to puddles of doctors for analysis, and simultaneously for the development of EHR.
Parameters to be analyzed include, ECG, heartbeat, blood pressure, lipid profile, hemoglobin and fetal doppler.
He said that PM has given a very high priority to the health sector and this year’s budget increases health expenditure of 137%, which is in line with industrial expectations of 2.5% -3% of GDP.
He told that India would spend RS 2.23 Lakh Crore on health services including RS 35,000 Crore on the Covid-19 vaccine.
The minister said that various health care schemes launched by the government have made health care facilities accessible and affordable for millions of poor people in this country.