Lok Sabha Question No. 784 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: e-Sanjeevani
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Jayanta Kumar Roy, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Nisith Pramanik, Sukanta Majumdar, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Bhola Singh, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 784 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH FEBRUARY, 2021

## E - SANJEEVANI

## 784. DR. JAYANTA KUMAR RO Y:

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWAR A NAIK:

SHRI NISITH PRAMANIK:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR :

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SON KAR:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KU MARI SINGH DEO:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WE LFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has rolled out e -Sanjeevani platform to cater Doctor - to - Doctor and Patient - to - Doctor Tele - consultations in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has achieved the tremendous success from teleconsultation service 'e -SanjeevaniOPD' enabling patient - to - doctor telemedicine owing to the COVID - 19 pandemic, if so, the details thereof along with number of states implementing it;
- (c) whether some premier medical institutions like AIIMS have also on - boarded e - Sanjeevani set up specialised OPDs on e - SanjeevaniOPD,if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) has also started offering specialised health services for its beneficiaries in Delhi through e - SanjeevaiOPD, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; a nd
- (e)  other  necessary  steps  being  taken  by  the Governm nt  for  strengthening  medical  Tele -consultations in the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a): Yes. eSanjeevaniOPD (Patien t to Doctor Teleconsultation services) has been rolled out in States/UT. eSanjeevani HWC (Doctor to Doctor Teleconsultation services) has been rolled o 20 States/UT. The details are attached in Annexure A.
- (b): As on 01 Feb 2021 more than 18 lakh c onsultations have been completed using the two streams of eSanjeevani (HWC & OPD). The details of the same are attached at Annexure A.

(c): Following two premier institutions have setup specialised OPDs on eSanjeevaniOPD:

1 ) All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) -Bathinda has set up specialised OPDs (such  as  General  Medicine,  Orthopaedics,  Psychiatry  Radiation  Oncology,  General  Surge Dermatology, Paediatric Surgery, Urology, Surgical Oncology, Dental Surger y, ENT, Ophthalmology and Gynaecology) on e - eSanjeevani OPD.

- 2) AIIMS BIBINAGAR has set up specialised OPDs ( such as General Surgery, Orthopaedics Paediatrics, Ophthalmology, Community and Family Medicine and Gynaecology).

(d): Yes. Teleconsultatio n for OPD consultation has been started through e - Sanjeevani app in Delhi initially from 25.08.2020 and extended to other cities subsequently from 4 th December 2020.

The  Consultation  is  available  from  9  AM  to  12  PM  from  Monday  to  Saturday  and Consultation services  is  available  with  Specialists  of  Medicine,  Orthopaedics,  Eye,  ENT Psychiatry.

The relevant orders in this regard are available at CGHS website at the following li https://cghs.gov.in/showfile.php?lid=5864

https://cghs.gov.in/showfile.php?lid=5925

(e):  Under  the  Ayushman  Bharat  scheme,  the  Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare transforming  1.5  lakhs  SHCs and  the  PHCs  into  the  Health  and  Wellness  Centres  (HWCs). Under the ambit of this scheme, this Ministry is utilizing the benefits of information t to enable HWCs with Telemedicine services from hubs being set up in Medical Colleges/dist hospi tals.

States are being supported under NHM for further supporting States for implementat of eSanjeevani, based on the requirement posed by States in Programme Implementation Pl (PIP), subject to availability of resources.

## Annexure-A

| Sr No.   |                   | GRAND TOTAL (HWC &OPD)   | TOTAL (HWC) (Doctor to Doctor)   | TOTAL (OPD) (Patient to Doctor)   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|          | India             | 1835725                  | 424496                           | 1411229                           |
|          | States/UTs        |                          |                                  |                                   |
| 1        | Uttar Pradesh     | 461453                   | 30654                            | 430799                            |
| 2        | Tamil Nadu        | 445971                   | 3602                             | 442369                            |
| 3        | Karnataka         | 264621                   | 47129                            | 217492                            |
| 4        | Madhya Pradesh    | 137628                   | 136337                           | 1291                              |
| 5        | Gujarat           | 127017                   | 25970                            | 101047                            |
| 6        | Kerala            | 82369                    | 3                                | 82366                             |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh  | 55636                    | 54446                            | 1190                              |
| 8        | Uttarakhand       | 54039                    | 624                              | 53415                             |
| 9        | Andhra Pradesh    | 51335                    | 42748                            | 8587                              |
| 10       | Maharashtra       | 50232                    | 26794                            | 23438                             |
| 11       | Chhattisgarh      | 38930                    | 38930                            | 0                                 |
| 12       | Punjab            | 15153                    | 12694                            | 2459                              |
| 13       | Haryana           | 14369                    | 295                              | 14074                             |
| 14       | Delhi             | 12923                    | 0                                | 12923                             |
| 15       | Rajasthan         | 7395                     | 1                                | 7394                              |
| 16       | Assam             | 5863                     | 3008                             | 2855                              |
| 17       | Jharkhand         | 3234                     | 1                                | 3233                              |
| 18       | Manipur           | 3062                     | 0                                | 3062                              |
| 19       | Chandigarh        | 2287                     | 0                                | 2287                              |
| 20       | Bihar             | 1138                     | 1138                             | 0                                 |
| 21       | Telangana         | 430                      | 0                                | 430                               |
| 22       | Jammu And Kashmir | 231                      | 0                                | 231                               |
| 23       | Mizoram           | 115                      | 60                               | 55                                |
| 24       | Goa               | 105                      | 41                               | 64                                |
| 25       | Arunachal Pradesh | 97                       | 0                                | 97                                |
| 26       | Ladakh            | 62                       | 0                                | 62                                |
| 27       | Meghalaya         | 21                       | 21                               | 0                                 |
| 28       | Puducherry        | 9                        | 0                                | 9                                 |