Civil Surgeon urges residents to avail online OPD services

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, May 8

A team from the mass media wing of the Health Department made people aware about the integrated telemedicine solution — e-Sanjeevani online OPD — by visiting various crowded areas of the city.

Attendees were briefed in detail about the service launched by the state government. Ludhiana Civil Surgeon Dr Kiran Gill said under the e-Sanjeevani OPD service, specialist doctors were providing free online consultation services to residents.

“Doctors are providing complete information about the medicines to be used in the treatment of a patient’s illness, along with the diet to be followed during the course of the treatment,” the Civil Surgeon said.

She added that the service could also be availed by downloading the e-Sanjeevani app.

Doctors can be consulted from Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 2 pm.

“This facility is proving to be very useful for pregnant women, patients suffering from depression, elderly patients, and patients with chronic diseases and co-morbidities. In order to avail the online OPD service, one has to log on to portal www.esanjeevaniopd.in,” Dr Gill added.

Patients can also register if they don’t have a login ID. They have to add their personal information and phone number on the app, after which an OTP will be sent to their number. The patient will receive medical advice according to the token number received and an e-prescription will be sent to him/her, which can be downloaded to get medicine.

Dr Gill said this service was launched in 2020 so that health facilities and health officials were not overburdened and crowding could be avoided at hospitals. She appealed to people to avail maximum benefits of this service in view of the alarming Covid-19 situation.

How to register

Patients can register on the app if they do not have a login ID. They have to add their personal information and phone number on the app, after which an OTP will be sent to their number. The patient will receive medical advice according to the token number received on the app and an e-prescription will be sent to him/her, which

can be downloaded to buy medicines from a nearby pharmacy.