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Sri Lanka: Riding the telemedicine wave Health Analytics © Health Analytics The pandemic has been a watershed moment, giving a fillip to startups providing plug-and-play virtual healthcare solutions across Sri Lanka. But will the trend transcend beyond the current crisis to become a mainstay in the island country? By Jisha Krishnan Shortly after the government announced a lockdown in March 2020 to curb the spread of COVID-19, the members of the Sri Lankan Association of Community Ophthalmologists (SLACO) launched a Facebook page. The dedicated social media space turned into a virtual consultation room. Patients reached out to the doctors, often with close-up images of their eyes. In some cases, the images were accompanied by short voice/video clips expressing the patients’ concerns.

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