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2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Home Delivery of medicines under the Services e-Health Assistance and Teleconsultation scheme is effective has been launched by which ministry?
A
Ministry of Sports
B
Ministry of Women & Child Development
C
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
D
Ministry of Defence
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ministry of Defence begins Home Delivery of medicines under SeHAT scheme.

Detailed explanation-2: -As part of the Government’s commitment to Digital India and e-Governance, the Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh launched SeHAT on 27 May 2021.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is Rajnath Singh. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched the ‘Services e-Health Assistance and Tele-consultation’ (SeHAT) OPD Portal via video conference on 27 May 2021. The portal will help the armed forces in providing telemedicine services.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -eSanjeevaniOPD – Stay Home OPD has been developed by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in Mohali. Salient features of this citizen friendly web-based National Teleconsultation Service (eSanjeevaniOPD) are: Patient registration.

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