CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Leading ten states for usage of this platform are: Andhra Pradesh (28242880), West Bengal (10005725), Karnataka (9446699), Tamil Nadu (8723333), Maharashtra (4070430), Uttar Pradesh (3763092), Madhya Pradesh (3283607), Bihar (2624482), Telangana (2452529), Gujarat (1673888).

Detailed explanation-2: -eSanjeevani was launched in 2019. The first state to launch this service was Andhra Pradesh. eSanjeevani OPD: This is based on the eSanjeevani model and offers OPD consultation services to people in the comfort of their homes. This was launched during the COVID pandemic in April 2020.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to data, Andhra Pradesh has received the highest response with 88.63 lakh consultations. While Tamil Nadu has recorded 17.68 lakh tele-consultations, West Bengal has recorded 16.36 lakh and Uttar Pradesh 15.74 lakh online consultations.

Detailed explanation-4: -eSanjeevaniOPD – Stay Home OPD has been developed by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Mohali, a premier R&D organization of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).

Detailed explanation-5: -ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) made a modest beginning in telemedicine in India with a Telemedicine Pilot Project in 2001, linking Chennai’s Apollo Hospital with the Apollo Rural Hospital at Aragonda village in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.