How Are Digital Doctors Helping India During The Lockdown?

Since the last year, the entire world is peculiar due to the deadly Corona Virus. Before that, neither the doctors nor the patients could have imagined the new normal stage of life. None of us expected that we wouldn’t meet our doctors in the most crisis hour.

In the wake of COVID 19, the Indian healthcare industry faced lots of new challenges. The work front of doctors has changed drastically, and the only thing that helped them stay connected to their patients is the digital platform.  While our doctors have definitely served as the frontline fighters, the online media can take some credit for being their swords to kill the deadly virus.

Incredible Digital Technologies To Win The Battle Against Covid-19

Since the global pandemic has blessed the human race, Indian healthcare providers have been taking prompt actions to ensure emergency care. Coronavirus has caused behavioral changes like social distancing and staying locked up at homes. As a result, the world, including India, has witnessed a crazy hike in online medical consultation’s demand.

The current pandemic situation is challenging. But most of the challenges, especially those concerning our health concerns, are met with the help of digital platforms. Social distancing has further fueled the demand for online consultation, telemedicine, e-healthcare, video consultation, and digital prescriptions.

How Is Virtual Consultation Aiding The Treatments Of Covid-19 Patients?

Teleconsultation can go a long way to ensure care for those at high-risks of catching the virus.

Children:

Coping with the pandemic might be challenging for the children because they are highly exposed to the outside world like schools, tuitions, playgrounds. It is tough for them to adhere to the norms of social distancing. Parents can seek the help of a teleconsultation app to seek the pediatric’s advice.

Young Adults:

The virus has wreaked havoc on the employment system of the whole nation. As a result, young adults constantly deal with high stress, uncertainty, and anxiety regarding their secure futures. In this case, they might need expert guidance to keep them sane. What can be a better help than a virtual consultation with a caregiver? Be it a mental health expert or a general physician, safer consultation and follow-up appointments are readily available from their homes’ privacy and comfort.  

Patienst Of Hypertension:

Being a respiratory disease, COVID 19 affects the lungs and weakens their functions. Such an infectious disease makes it challenging for the heart to function correctly. During an emergency case like increased blood pressure,  a teleconsultation with a health care provider can be the ultimate savior.

Cardiovascular Diseases

Coronavirus increases the transmission risks among people who have pre-existing heart diseases. The worst-case scenario can even lead to severe cardiac concerns in patients who don’t have any underlying cardiac illness. Obviously, a virtual consultation and lifestyle modification are the only ways to keep your health at bay.

However, the list is endless. The current scenario has placed the medical industry in a never-seen-before situation. Firstly, the treatment front faces challenges, and the concerned health care practitioners are risking their own lives while managing the COVID-affected patients.

In this scenario, digital modes help healthcare professionals save the nation without risking their security.

The Boom Of Digital Platforms

With the popularity of online communications, many digital platforms have helped medical professionals and healthcare organizations. These online communities are on a constant mission to empower doctors and be more successful at their commitments.

On the patient care front, many digital communities are building up virtual private clinics. Through these portals, doctors can launch their practice in a matter of minutes. Doctors can manage their appointments, provide digital prescriptions and accept consultation fees. 

Long story short, it is just a starting point of the digitalization of the Indian healthcare industry. Only time will say what is waiting ahead of us.

So, to make your presence more feasible and more interactive for greater mass the existence in digital world is must. And to make your existence easier and interesting we are here to unlock the new doors.