India telemedicine platform facilitates 50 crore consultations
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The Indian government launched the e-Sanjeevani telemedicine service in November 2019 to provide remote healthcare across the country.
The platform connects patients in remote areas with doctors to receive medical advice and treatment. Prime Minister Narendra Modi noted how the service helped a child from the Jarawa tribe in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands receive a pneumonia diagnosis and treatment. The service also assisted a 60 year old woman in Lakshadweep and a pregnant woman in the Himalayan Zanskar region.
The health ministry and C-DAC Mohali developed the system, which currently handles between 250,000 and 300,000 consultations every day. The platform supports 15 languages and operates in all 36 states and union territories of India. Women make up 57.1 percent of the users, while people aged 46 and older account for over 40 percent of the total consultations. The government is also expanding rural healthcare through 190,000 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, which function as local wellness centers.
Additionally, the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre at IIT-Madras is using a supercomputer to create 3D images of 100 human brains. This project aims to provide open source data to help researchers understand conditions like Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
