Technology and medical experts have emphasised the need for Nigerians to embrace telemedicine offering, saying, using technology for medical healthcare services reduces unnecessary non-urgent emergency room (ER) visits and eliminates preventives expenses for regular checkups.
The experts spoke at the launch of DoktorConnect, a digital application that provides a platform for anyone, anywhere, and at any time to access instant medical expertise that is accurate, trustworthy, relevant, and actionable.
Specifically, World Health Organisation Nigeria Country Representative (WR), Dr. Walter Kazadi Mulombo, who was represented by the State Coordinator, Dr. Sam Yenyi, in his keynote speech, stated that telemedicine is the future of health delivery and is most certainly a major tool to achieve universal health coverage towards reaching the vision of ‘leaving no one behind’.