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Ayushman Bharat-Health and location.
Wellness Centre (AB-HWC) and eSanjeevani has come as a
eSanjeevani OPD. boon for people residing in rural
eSanjeevani AB-HWC, the and remote locations of the
first vertical, endeavours to bridge nation. Earlier, the residents had
the rural-urban digital health to travel kilometers to reach the
divide by providing assisted hospital. They had to wait in long
tele-consultation. This vertical queues, lose their daily wages
operates on a hub-and-spoke due to absence at work, and
model wherein the ‘Ayushman spend money on transport fares
Bharat-Health and Wellness and tests. But with a service like
Centres’ AB-HWC (HWCs) are eSanjeevani, now people can
set up at the state level and act get expert consultation right at
as spokes, which are mapped their home, without spending
with the hub, comprising doctors any money. Moreover, the
and specialists at the zonal COVID-19 pandemic was also
level. eSanjeevani OPD is the the time when people suffered
second vertical, which caters to from many mental health issues,
citizens in both rural and urban like depression, as almost the
areas alike. It uses technology whole world was isolated as
like smart phones, tablets, etc. a precautionary measure.
to enable accessible doctor During such a time, eSanjeevani
consultations at the patient’s became a safe space for people
residence, regardless of their to consult psychiatrists and heal
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