Union Health Minister J P Nadda has launched tele-evidence facility for recording evidences through video conference, country’s first such facility which has been started at Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh.
Union Health Minister J P Nadda has launched tele-evidence facility for recording evidences through video conference, country’s first such facility which has been started at Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh.
Nadda also formally launched the online appointments for new and re-visiting patients and also inaugurated the Central Sophisticated Instruments Cell (CSIC) at the institute.
In his address on the occasion, Nadda said that the inauguration of these services is being done as a part of the ‘Good Governance Week’ which commenced on December 25, birthday of former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The Union Minister appreciated PGIMER, Chandigarh for being the first institution in the country to start tele-evidence facility at institutional level and exuded confidence that “the success story” will be replicated in other institutes around the country as well. Nadda said that tele-evidences can save precious man-hours of doctors and result in more patient satisfaction. As per rough estimate the institute has saved about 1.93 tonnes of carbon foot prints using the eco friendly tele-evidence technology, he said.
“I am told you (PGI) have been able to save 630 mandays till now and you are going to save thousands of mandays like this in coming days and thousands of tonnes of carbon foot prints also you are going to save. It is a facility which has to go forward,” Nadda said. The Union Health minister said that the online registration facility was launched at AIIMS, New Delhi also on December 25, 2015, and has helped to drastically reduce waiting time for patients.
Online registrations in PGIMER were started on trial basis in April, 2015.
The CSIC would ensure availability of cutting edge technology for higher research and management under a centralized facility. Instruments of this facility would avoid requirement of multiple sophisticated equipment in major departments/research laboratories as they all will have access to this facility.
Nadda also said the target is to make PGIMER, Chandigarh a paperless institution.
Later when asked by Reporters about tele-evidence project, Nadda said it will immensely benefit the patients as well as the doctors. “This project will not only save time, money, but it will immensely benefit both doctors and patients. This is a good project and a success story, which we will try to replicate in other institutes as well,” he said.