Credit: MedicSetu
Another initiative to provide free virtual home care for COVID-19 patients was launched in India last week.
India s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has joined forces with New York-listed tech firm Avaya and other groups to launch MedicSetu, a non-profit initiative providing online health consultations for patients under home quarantine.
WHY IT MATTERS
According to a press statement, MedicSetu aims to raise patient access to health care services while easing the burden on stretched resources at healthcare institutions . India is still battling an overwhelming second wave of COVID-19 infections which pushed its case count to over 28 million with around 326,000 deaths as of end-May, according to data from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.