Jammu, 18 February (H.S.): Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today had an indepth analysis of the features and functioning of the ‘Sehat App’ before it is being dedicated to the public for its use.

The application, which was developed by BISAG-N on the request of the Health & Medical Education Department, would serve as a single stop solution for availing all patient and health practitioner related services in J&K.

During live demonstration of this application, the Chief Secretary assessed several of its features and appreciated both the Health Department and BISAG-N for making it a reality. He observed that this first version is itself a comprehensive application offering certain better services to the patients and health practitioners through their smart phones.

The Chief Secretary further enjoined upon the concerned for onboarding all the health practitioners on this portal in order to make the application more comprehensive and useful for the users. He also advised them to look into making certain up gradations regarding registration of doctors/ paramedics for home support and tele consultation.

Regarding other services, the Chief Secretary asked for adding information about the high-end services of chemotherapy, dialysis available in both public and private sectors here. He also directed for offering the insurance services extended through schemes like Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima yojana.

The Chief Secretary also asked to introduce an inventory of professionals certified in providing ‘Basic Life Support (BLS)’ support in case of emergencies and those of Advanced Life Support (ALS) givers also to build the capacity of BLS givers in order to enhance their number and reach in different parts of the UT.

Dulloo underscored the need of enriching it with the details of blood donors besides having API integration with other applications like e-WIN, ABDM and other relevant ones. He called on them to further augment it with services like home delivery of drugs, activity calendars of different Medical Colleges and National Institutions for the benefit of medical students and practitioners.

The Chief Secretary also asked for introduction of payment gateway in the same application so that users do not have to look helter-skelter to complete their appointments or carry out diagnostic tests in medical facilities. He asked for sending health alerts to the users at times of need or any emergency.

Secretary, H&ME, Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, gave detailed description of the features embedded in the ‘Sehat App’. He revealed that the application has been developed on the lines as envisaged by the Chief Secretary himself. He gave out that it is a comprehensive one stop solution for different services offered by the Department in addition to extending resources to the medics for building their capacity and training.

It was explained that services like seeking of appointments, online registrations in outside hospitals as that of PGIMER, Chandigarh and AIIMS along with other ABDM empanelled ones and some major private hospitals existing outside the UT can be secured through this application.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar