Lok Sabha Question No. 575 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-04
Subject: Expansion of e-sanjeevani
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Srinivas Kesineni

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No-575 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2022

## EXPANSION OF E-SANJEEVANI

## 575    SHRI KESINENI SRINIVAS:

Will the Minister of HEALTH and FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- a)   whether  the  Government  intends  to  expand  the  reach  and  scale  of  the  eSanjeevani platform, if so, the details thereof;
- b)   the  number of specialist doctors registered to provide  teleconsulting services on the esanjeevani platform and the State/ UT-wise details thereof;
- c)    the details of the cumulative teleconsultations conducted as on date, State/UT-wise;
- d)   whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  fact  that  highly  personal  and  sensitive information is shared over teleconsultation medium; and
- e)   if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  steps  being  taken  to  safeguard  the  user's information and privacy?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- (a)  to  (e) Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare  (MoHFW)  has  already  taken  various initiatives to expand and scale of the eSanjeevani platform as follows:
-  To ensure wider outreach of telemedicine services, eSanjeevani application has also been integrated with 3.74 lakh Common Service Centers (CSCs) thereby facilitating access to equitable healthcare in the remotest areas of the country.
-  Under  ECRP-II,  financial assistance has been provided to all States/UTs for strengthening IT infrastructure for implementation of telemedicine services.

Under eSanjeevani platform, 56,994 Doctors have been registered to provide teleconsultation services. Till, 31 st January, 2022, around 2.33 Cr consultations have been conducted through eSanjeevani platform.State wise details is at Annexure.

To ensure patient data privacy and security, required firewalls which monitor and control the access  to  the  application  is  enabled.  Only  valid  tokens  are  enabled  to  ensure  authorized access and the data is stored in an encrypted form duly using industry-standard algorithms.

## Annexure

| Doctors Registered ( till 31 January, 2022 )   | Doctors Registered ( till 31 January, 2022 )   | Doctors Registered ( till 31 January, 2022 )   | Doctors Registered ( till 31 January, 2022 )   |                     |
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| Sr No.                                         |                                                | eSanjeevani AB- HWC                            | eSanjeevani OPD                                | Total Consultations |
| 1                                              | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                       | 0                                              | 1                                              | 3                   |
| 2                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                 | 1885                                           | 59                                             | 9679743             |
| 3                                              | Arunachal Pradesh                              | 0                                              | 142                                            | 483                 |
| 4                                              | Assam                                          | 821                                            | 98                                             | 356889              |
| 5                                              | Bihar                                          | 2199                                           | 146                                            | 721847              |
| 6                                              | Chandigarh                                     | 28                                             | 254                                            | 4236                |
| 7                                              | Chhattisgarh                                   | 2435                                           | 14                                             | 124134              |
| 8                                              | Delhi                                          | 2                                              | 570                                            | 31563               |
| 9                                              | DNH&DD                                         | 28                                             | 31                                             | 29718               |
| 10                                             | Goa                                            | 58                                             | 13                                             | 152                 |
| 11                                             | Gujarat                                        | 1905                                           | 2526                                           | 649045              |
| 12                                             | Haryana                                        | 875                                            | 1485                                           | 100971              |
| 13                                             | Himachal Pradesh                               | 783                                            | 105                                            | 137375              |
| 14                                             | Jammu &Kashmir                                 | 0                                              | 265                                            | 69068               |
| 15                                             | Jharkhand                                      | 303                                            | 130                                            | 29105               |
| 16                                             | Karnataka                                      | 4611                                           | 4393                                           | 3673610             |
| 17                                             | Kerala                                         | 550                                            | 5105                                           | 342041              |
| 18                                             | Ladakh                                         | 102                                            | 52                                             | 104                 |
| 19                                             | Lakshadweep                                    | 49                                             | 0                                              | 150                 |
| 20                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                 | 573                                            | 290                                            | 652908              |
| 21                                             | Maharashtra                                    | 4053                                           | 2856                                           | 679212              |
| 22                                             | Manipur                                        | 0                                              | 179                                            | 7129                |
| 23                                             | Meghalaya                                      | 626                                            | 0                                              | 201                 |
| 24                                             | Mizoram                                        | 83                                             | 49                                             | 1453                |
| 25                                             | Nagaland                                       | 0                                              | 1                                              | 6                   |
| 26                                             | Odisha                                         | 1405                                           | 12                                             | 50734               |
| 27                                             | Puducherry                                     | 78                                             | 6                                              | 55                  |
| 28                                             | Punjab                                         | 113                                            | 375                                            | 151910              |
| 29                                             | Rajasthan                                      | 4010                                           | 818                                            | 128262              |
| 30                                             | Sikkim                                         | 33                                             | 0                                              | 9                   |
| 31                                             | Tamil Nadu                                     | 1466                                           | 2929                                           | 1781457             |
| 32                                             | Telangana                                      | 0                                              | 219                                            | 2057                |
| 33                                             | Tripura                                        | 0                                              | 31                                             | 88                  |
| 34                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                  | 162                                            | 2682                                           | 1608725             |
| 35                                             | Uttarakhand                                    | 72                                             | 833                                            | 404051              |
| 36                                             | West Bengal                                    | 790                                            | 227                                            | 1930139             |