Child PGI launches virtual OPD with eSanjeevani app

Noida: Child PGI has started a virtual non-Covid out patient department (OPD) facility and appointments can be booked through eSanjeevani app.
It is a tele-consultation facility from the Directorate General of Medical Education (DGME), Uttar Pradesh, and the ministry of health and family welfare.
According to officials, residents of Gautam Budh Nagar and the neighbouring districts can seek consultation through eSanjeevaniOPD app for neonatal monitoring and ailments under the purview of gastroenterology, haematology, oncology, cardiology, ophthalmology, endocrinology, ENT and orthopaedics departments.All queries related to surgical intervention for children up to 17 years will also be available.
Bookings started on Friday, officials said. Although non-Covid OPDs are open at the Sector 30 hospital, very few patients are turning up.
“Given the current situation, we have started OPD consultation through the eSanjeevani application. The virtual OPD will be available from Monday to Saturday between 9 am and 1pm. One can log in through https://esanjeevaniopd.in and book slots after registration. Those with queries can call on 7065022462,” said Dr DK Gupta, the director, Child PGI, also known as Super Speciality Paediatric Hospital and Post Graduate Teaching Institute (SSPHPGTI).
According to Dr Nita Radhakrishnan, associate professor and head of paediatric haematology-oncology department at the hospital, currently, the OPDs are getting three to five patients per day. “We have started with 14 consultants and 10 OPDs. We will increase the numbers soon,” she said.