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PESHAWAR: With the federal government urging the general public to remain at dwelling and keep social distancing amid the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and to decrease the burden on present medical services at hospitals, the Khyber Medical College (KMU) on Thursday began a telemedicine challenge.
The power will see some 50 specialists present free consultations and prescriptions to sufferers on-line, particularly to those that live in distant areas and the tribal districts of the province. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa) Governor Shah Farman formally inaugurated the challenge on Thursday. The telemedicine challenge chief Dr Abdul Jalil Khan stated that comparable departments have made appreciable progress in offering therapeutic and medical recommendation to sufferers in overseas nations, nonetheless, within the public sector of the province, KMU has been a pioneer in launching the service with none price to beneficiaries.
Dr Jalil stated that the initiative will probably be significantly of profit to folks dwelling within the distant areas of the province and can present quick access to straightforward well being services at their houses. Within the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, sufferers will be capable of keep away from a visit to the hospital or the clinics through the use of this service, he added.
Revealed in The Categorical Tribune, March 27th, 2020.
