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tier-1 cities of India is highest and devices such as oximeters to
it reduces as we move towards check their saturation pulse and
the tier-2, tier-3 and remote communicated with doctors
areas. Due to the lack of doctors via mobile phones. Similarly,
in such areas, people usually patients can now monitor their
resort to home remedies or ECGs at home and send them to
self-medication, which does not doctors via phone without even
help them cure and can even leaving their homes. I believe
be harmful. People can now that if eSanjeevani is integrated
easily access doctors via their with these technologies, we can
mobile devices, thanks to the ensure a proper diagnostic and
introduction of eSanjeevani. The therapeutic system through the
app is helping them in getting app, and take it even further.
the right consultation, diagnosis, The mention of eSanjeevani
medication and follow-ups. The by Prime Minister Narendra
app is filling the gap of human Modi will help the app gain
resources in the rural and traction and use. eSanjeevani
remote areas of the country. app has set a precedent for
According to the Prime innovation in the healthcare
Minister's recent 'Mann ki Baat' sector and has shown that even
address, more than 10 crore during challenging times, India
people have used this app to can come up with innovative
consult doctors. When we look at solutions to make healthcare
the breakdown of this number, services more accessible to the
we can easily see that people in citizens.
rural areas have benefited the
most from it. This has made a
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significant difference in the lives
Dr. Randeep Guleria's views
of people who live in remote
on the future of tele-medicine
areas or who are unable to visit in India.
hospitals due to their condition.
The future of tele-medicine
in India is very bright. In
coming times, the number of
consultations through apps like
eSanjeevani is bound to increase.
Many new technologies have
simplified patient care. During
the pandemic, for example,
most patients used variable

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