E-SANJEEVANI

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Context: In his radio speech ‘Mann Ki Baat’, the Prime Minister claimed that the eSanjeevani programme had ensured access to medical care for citizens residing in remote regions of the nation.

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• Talking about the eSanjeevani app, Prime Minister stated that through this app, now, the number of teleconsultants through videoconferencing has crossed the figure of 10 crores.

About e-Sanjeevani

• The e-Sanjeevani is a flagship telemedicine platform of the Government, developed by the Centre for Development of Advance Computing (C-DAC), Mohali under the aegis of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
• It aims to provide healthcare services to patients in their homes. Safe & structured video-based clinical consultations between a doctor in a hospital and a patient in the confines of his home are being enabled.
• It is a step towards digital health equity to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). It facilitates quick and easy access to doctors and medical specialists from smartphones. 
• One can also access quality health services remotely via eSanjeevani by visiting the nearest Ayushman Bharat Health & Wellness Centre.
• It is being implemented under the Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centre (AB-HWCs) programme.
  • Using the hub-and-spoke approach, it aims to link together all 1,50,000 HWCs. According to the model, a network will be created that consists of an anchor establishment, or hub, that provides a full range of services and will be complemented by secondary establishments, or spokes, that offer limited services and direct patients in need of more intensive services to the hub for treatment.

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