46% Indians taking online medical consultation amid COVID-19 fear says survey
Agencies
December 16, 2020
New Delhi, Dec 16: At least 46 per cent Indians still prefer to connect to their doctors over call for medical consultation instead of physical visits to the doctors, a new survey has revealed on Wednesday.
The survey conducted by online doctor consultation platform Mount Virtual Hospital was done across metros covering Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
The data was collected from age group of 20 to 85 years. The total respondents in the survey were 2,406 which included 1,455 males and around 951 females.
The findings showed that about 70 per cent of the respondents who had diabetes, heart problems, blood pressure issues, cancer or kidney diseases, who are at increased risk of severe illness from the Covid-19, still want to get the consultation done with their doctors over call be it for follow up consultation or new consultation.
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