Since decades there were huge efforts by various govt. agencies , academia, and industry on not only implement telemedicine but scale it. Though some implementation happened, scaling was rare. Covid have made life very tough for many who seek care, some times made it nearly impossible to visit hospital and get help from the doctor. Those in any acute pain or mild problems suffered, those suffering chronic problems also suffered and got no follow ups, patients needing dialysis or patients who need Hydroxychloroquine suffered due to inaccessibility or shortage, the pregnant moms suffered by missing their important regular checkups, small kids missed their vaccinations and even those who got access to hospitals suffered by not having access to better and some suffered due to stress this pandemic have created in daily life.
Telemedicine which includes tele-consultation, tele-Icu, etc can not solve all the patient problems but surely it easily and efficiently solves many of
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