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Update on Telemedicine


13,91,61,458 teleconsultations have been completed

1,10,12,570 teleconsultations have been rendered to senior citizens and 5,22,15,224 to women

Posted On: 21 JUL 2023 5:40PM by PIB Delhi

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has developed a telemedicine application eSanjeevani which provides doctor to doctor and patient to doctor consultations. This application works on a hub and spoke model wherein doctors including specialists provide services to Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) in rural areas. Further people in remote and rural areas can also avail services through OPD module of eSanjeevani.

As on 19th July, 2023, a total of 13,91,61,458 teleconsultations have been completed, out of which 1,10,12,570 teleconsultations have been rendered to senior citizens and 5,22,15,224 to women. State-wise status is as available at Annexure A. With an aim to support effective implementation of the digital health initiatives including telemedicine services across the country, Union Health Ministry provides financial assistance to all States/UTs under National Health Mission for strengthening of health IT infrastructure and internet connectivity. To aid the process of safe and secure implementation of telemedicine services, Union Health Ministry has also issued Telemedicine Practice guidelines on 25th March 2020.

As on 14th July, 2023, a total of 2,08,569 spokes (including Health and Wellness Centres and Primary Health Centres) have been connected to telemedicine services in the country. The State/UT-wise list is as available at Annexure B.

The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

 

Annexure-A

 

eSanjeevani Teleconsultations

Sl.N0.

State Name

Teleconsultations rendered to Sr. Citizen

Teleconsultations rendered to Women

 

Total

11012570

52215224

1

Andaman And Nicobar Islands

27

107

2

Andhra Pradesh

3417706

13786141

3

Arunachal Pradesh

111

823

4

Assam

85758

604677

5

Bihar

355211

3335413

6

Chandigarh

3390

27223

7

Chhattisgarh

126413

653683

8

DNH & DD

5567

37462

9

Delhi

4524

10113

10

Goa

86

334

11

Gujarat

221676

1170727

12

Haryana

23995

156393

13

Himachal Pradesh

47302

187867

14

Jammu & Kashmir

36687

241258

15

Jharkhand

60829

470606

16

Karnataka

617173

3231645

17

Kerala

78967

269983

18

Ladakh

6815

23913

19

Lakshadweep

85

307

20

Madhya Pradesh

256809

2000043

21

Maharashtra

699201

2319499

22

Manipur

8538

26448

23

Meghalaya

9444

58773

24

Mizoram

1123

3520

25

Nagaland

211

520

26

Odisha

140974

634802

27

Puducherry

412

934

28

Punjab

58320

247623

29

Rajasthan

79424

429241

30

Sikkim

3713

11493

31

Tamil Nadu

1327268

6294506

32

Telangana

575559

3740027

33

Tripura

4684

16925

34

Uttar Pradesh

397042

3307987

35

Uttarakhand

78707

397366

36

West Bengal*

2278819

8516842

 

 

Annexure-B

 

 

S. No.

State/UTs

Total Spokes (HWCs/PHCs)

Total

208569

1

ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS

59

2

ANDHRA PRADESH

21236

3

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

154

4

ASSAM

4638

5

BIHAR

18209

6

CHANDIGARH

94

7

CHHATTISGARH

6850

8

DNH & DD

140

9

DELHI

0

10

GOA

17

11

GUJARAT

15553

12

HARYANA

2054

13

HIMACHAL PRADESH

2489

14

JAMMU & KASHMIR

2918

15

JHARKHAND

2894

16

KARNATAKA

15107

17

KERALA

2952

18

LADAKH

339

19

LAKSHADWEEP

11

20

MADHYA PRADESH

16930

21

MAHARASHTRA

14153

22

MANIPUR

376

23

MEGHALAYA

831

24

MIZORAM

258

25

NAGALAND

129

26

ODISHA

9675

27

PUDUCHERRY

93

28

PUNJAB

2728

29

RAJASTHAN

8440

30

SIKKIM

284

31

TAMIL NADU

12801

32

TELANGANA

10996

33

TRIPURA

809

34

UTTAR PRADESH

24935

35

UTTARAKHAND

1432

36

WEST BENGAL

7985

 

 

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