Covid care can be strenuous for the patient and the caregiver. Tracing, managing, and monitoring of COVID patients has become the centerfold solution of heading towards a COVID free society.
Dr. Subramanian, Chairman, Health Committee & Director, Medical Services, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals in his welcome address said that the current pandemic has been very stressful and has put a massive pressure on entire health care system. He said the corona virus disease has hit us very strongly and therefore identification, isolation & testing have become important mechanism to reduce the transmission. The remote identifying platforms can help in identifying and assessing the patient’s population. Enabling the pre assessments and care protocols could help reduce the risk of exposure for both patients and their care team, and potentially slow the spread of the COVID-19 disease by decreasing the number of unnecessary hospital visits or in-person consultations. He further added that the Telemedicine concept have been accelerated during these COVID period playing an important role in providing consultation to the patients without vising to the Hospital and could especially be useful for the elderly people at home.
Mr. Prem Sharma, Founder & CEO, DayToDay Health, said that today tracing, managing, and monitoring of COVID patients has become the centerfold solution of heading towards a COVID free society. Our COVID care platform acts like a mini-clinic that allows patients a seamless delivery of healthcare that also includes mental healthcare and counselling apart from physical health. The program is an evidence-backed, holistic care program that can be used for overall well-being of a patient. He further explained various features of the covid care platform and said that the platform is ready and could activate within 10 minutes time frame to serve various corporates companies, hospitals etc.
Mental Health and Wellness Lead, Ms. Yvonne Biggins explained about the different needs of the different people during this pandemic to deal with the mental stress by keeping his/herself calm. She has also explained various benefits related to the platform like the use of teleconsultation module of the platform and how it could be very useful for the patients during this challenging times. Ms. Biggins further added that through the platform patient can discuss and take consultation &advise with the doctor for their condition. She said mental health also plays an important role in many ways & explained the concept of mental health and how one could think of positive thoughts during any negative situation. Dealing with COVID-19 can be strenuous for the patient and the caregiver. It can also lead to severe mental stress and the feeling of loneliness, depression, and anxiety. ”
Mr. Saurabh Sanyal, Secretary general, PHD Chamber graced the occasion and the session was moderated by Mr. Vivek Seigell, Principal Director, PHD Chamber