Kolkata: E-consultation for Salt Lake corona affected

KOLKATA: Bidhannagar MLA and state fire services minister Sujit Bose has taken up an initiative to provide online doctor consultation for Covid positive Bidhannagar residents. Through this process, patients can know what measures to take during their isolation period.
“We are taking up this initiative named ‘Sparsho’ in association with ‘Protect The Warriors’, a doctors group who will provide online consultations through video conferencing as to what precautions should be take during isolation,” said Bose, who himself was affected by Covid.There will be a specific time when patients can consult the doctors in panel.
Councillors of different wards of Bidhannagar are taking up initiatives to form WhatsApp or online groups for residents to have online consultation with doctors on the dos and dont’s. The patients, who are in home isolation, will have to call two helpline numbers 7439596460 and 7439598338. The consultations will be done for free.