Apollo Telehealth’s Digital Dispensary Programme launched in association with the state government of Meghalaya is already proving to be a big success.
Just four months after the launch of the programme, total consultations have reached 2,100.
The project, which is operational across five locations – Rongjeng in East Garo Hills, Tyrsad in East Khasi Hills, Mawdngung in East Khasi Hills, Dadenggre in West Garo Hills and Tura – aims to address critical healthcare challenges in remote rural areas, including accessibility, availability and affordability of basic healthcare services.
The services offered at the digital dispensaries include primary tele-consultations, speciality and super-speciality tele-consultations, tele-laboratory services, pharmacy, screening for non-communicable diseases and social health education.
“In India, there is a remarkable mismatch between the demand and supply of healthcare infrastructure and services, with the demand far exceeding the supply. In such a scenario, Apollo TeleHealth’s Digital Dispensary Programmes are proving to be the potential catalysts to improve the quality and accessibility of healthcare in India,” CEO of Apollo Telehealth Vikram Thaploo was quoted as saying in a press release. “Penetrating deep in the rural sectors, these digital dispensaries are solving the problem of accessibility and affordability of primary healthcare.”
The project has been designed to be scalable and sustainable with subsidised/nominal rates being charged from the patients for the services provided at the digital dispensaries.
