Ministry of Health: GK, General Studies and Current Affairs

What is ‘eSanjeevani’ telemedicine service?

September 8, 2020

Recently, ‘eSanjeevani’ telemedicine service completed about 3 lakh tele-consultation (online cosultations) . eSanjeevani is the platform of the Union Health Ministry that provides tele-consultations. There are two components of teleconsultation services- eSanjeevani and eSanjeevaniOPD. About eSanjeevani The eSanjeevani is a telemedicine service which is implemented under Ayushman Bharat health initiative for doctor-to-doctor interaction. It aims ..

India plans to set up Covid-19 registry

August 8, 2020

The government has decided to launch a National COVID 19 Clinical Registry to collect the standardized data regarding clinical and laboratory features, treatments, and outcomes of hospitalized patients in the country. How will it work? The Indian Council of Medical Research has asked for all the relevant information from the hospitals treating the COVID 19 ..