NEW DELHI : AIIMS New Delhi has started a video consultation program for doctors treating Covid-19 patients in different parts of India.
As part of the e-ICU initiative, 43 big hospitals have been covered in 11 states so far.The primary objective of these discussions is to reduce mortality from COVID-19 by learning from shared experience and strengthening best practices among hospitals with 1000 beds including isolation beds, oxygen supported and ICU beds, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a statement today.The program aims at holding case-management discussions among doctors who are at the frontline in treating COVID-19 patients in hospitals and COVID facilities around the country.