Online medical consultation services will be available to patients in Rapti Rural Municipality, Dang. Online consultation service has begun at Nishaniyan Hospital in Rapti Rural Municipality-5 and the proposed Bhalubang Hospital in Ward No. 1.
According to Village Chairman Prakash Bista, Cardiologist Dr. Sumant Banjade of Geriatric Society of Nepal started the program by performing ECG of the patient's heart in both hospitals.
Along with this, poor heart disease patients of the Deukhuri area will be able to get specialist health services from these nearby health institutions. "Heart patients are now comfortable in the Deukhuri area", he said, "We have started this service keeping the patients in mind."
The rural telecardiology program was started with the initiative of Rapti rural municipality and with the support of Geriatric Society of Nepal.
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