'Doctor on wheels' : J-K's Kathua gets first free telemedicine service launched by MoS Jitendra Singh launches
Kathua: Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh on Saturday launched the first free Telemedicine service of Jammu and Kashmir in an ambulance, 'Doctor on wheels'.
The minister said that this is the first-ever free telemedicine service launched near international border in the Kathua district.
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Sharing a video of the ambulance service, the minister tweeted, "Jammu and Kashmir's first-ever Free Telemedicine service launched near International Border in district Kathua. "Doctor on Wheels" has earlier successfully spent 3 months in 185 villages of district Doda where 3,600 patients were attended."
The ambulance is equipped with latest lab technology and can connect patients with senior doctors in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Surat and Ahmedabad. The facility will provide relief to people living in the far-flung areas of Kathua, where healthcare services are poor.
'Doctor on wheels' was launched by NHPC Limited in association with Sahara Health and Development Society. It is the first healthcare service that will be delivered via digital mode in the Kathua district.
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