Digi-health is the future, only this can help India to handle pandemic and non-pandemic situations. Elaborate (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
· With just 0.6 doctors per 1,000 population and 2.2 nurses, as compared to the WHO’s norm of 1 and 3, respectively, India simply cannot cope with the demands made by its citizens even in non-pandemic situations.
· Fixing this requires large investments in doctors and nurses and even physical infrastructure like hospital beds; according to a number put out by Tata Group, India needs 600,000 more doctors and 2.5 million nurses; around two-thirds of doctors.
· With the increasing use of AI, machines can deliver a lot more and even help in diagnostics; a CT scanner with information on lakhs of patients may be able to offer better diagnostics than a trained radiologist.
· Doctors sitting in cities can remotely look after more patients with relatively less experienced medical personnel helping out at the ground level; indeed, with greater care being offered in primary care facilities, there will be less pressure on secondary and tertiary facilities.
· Kerala has been the only state to embark on digitisation of health records, whereas others have put the plan on the back-burner. But, it now appears, the prime minister is expected to announce it on the Independence Day. The programme shall entail digitisation of health records, creation of a registry for doctors, patients and medical facilities.
· The government also plans to introduce telemedicine and e-pharmacy, but at a later stage. And, while there are some existing programmes already—5C in Karnataka is working with some district hospitals to provide teleradiology services, and Janitri is helping provide neo-natal care in Rajasthan—these need to be brought under a single umbrella and, in fact, linked to Aadhaar and DigiLocker;
· So, a person getting radiology or blood report can receive it in their locker and then can share it with the doctor or hospital. A digitisation exercise, had helped get 55% more patients getting treated in primary care centres, a 50% increase in doctor availability, etc.
emily 4 years
kindly review it sir.
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PRASHANT KUMAR 4 years
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K. V. A 4 years
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Neha Ranwan 4 years
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