Chandigarh, August 3: People coming to Aam Aadmi Clinic in Punjab for treatment will now know on WhatsApp which medicine they need to take, when to visit the clinic next, and what their medical report is. The Punjab government is going to launch the Aam Aadmi Clinic WhatsApp integration system in the state from today.
Under this, the prescription and all the information will be sent to the patient’s WhatsApp. Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann will inaugurate this scheme today. After this, the prescription system will be completely closed.
Now the treatment process will be done through these 5 steps
1. Under the new system, the patient will have to reach the clinic and go to the clinic assistant posted there and get himself registered.
2. The patient’s information (past history) will also reach the doctor from the clinic.
3. After this, after examining the patient, the doctor will send further information to the pharmacist and clinic assistant.
4. The pharmacist will give the medicine to the patient and the clinic assistant will get the lab test done.
5. After this, all the information will go to the patient on WhatsApp. This will include his next visit, test report and other things.
107 more essential medicines and more than 100 tests
More than 880 Aam Aadmi Clinics are currently operational across the state, of which 565 are in villages and 316 in cities. More than 1.3 crore people have benefited from these clinics, and more than 3.7 crore people have used OPD services. During the previous government, the annual OPD was about 34 lakh, which has now increased to 177 lakh,
That is, an increase of 4.5 times has been registered. These clinics already offer free doctor consultation, 107 more essential medicines and more than 100 tests. These include diagnostic, typhoid, HBA1C, hepatitis, dengue, HIV, pregnancy tests and all types of ultrasounds. Now life saving injections will also be a part of this network.