Keonjhar, Mar 18: The newly introduced digital dispensaries is to come up here in Odisha. This would be a facility for those who stay far off in remote areas. They will now be able to avail free of cost and good quality high-tech health care facilities and see the top health experts. Since doctors do not want to visit backward remote areas, the initiative to open up these tele-medicine clinics is to help people living in cut off areas have access to better health checkups, advice from experts through video conference. After the doctor prescribes laboratory technicians, pharmacists present therein can immediately test as per the directions. Patients can get their digital reports and medicines immediately. People will be getting free tests, and medicines from these modern health dispensaries.
Three modernized digital dispensaries based on the idea of tele-medicine will be coming up at Joda, Telkoi and Banspal here. In the first phase a clinic will be set up at Guali of Joda block and two other dispensaries at Kalimati. Clinics will also be opened at Gonasika, Kaliahata and Kalanda.
This was informed to the media by Kabindra Prasad Sahoo, CDMO Keonjhar.
