2.5 lakh IMA registered doctors to be tech-trained

NEW DELHI, INDIA: In a bid to enable more than 2.5 lakh registered doctors effectively use technology, the Indian Medical Association has signed on a digital partner.

The partner Lybrate, a mobile healthcare communication and delivery platform, will coach doctors across 30 states and 1,700 branches about the use of technology for better communication with the patients and how to increase their presence across geographies, diminishing the boundary barriers.

“In India, shortage of doctors is a major issue, apparent from the doctor-patient ratio which is abysmally low at 1:1700. Lybrate saw the solution in technology to fix the issue of doctors’ crunch in the country and solve the problem of inaccessibility of healthcare experts,” IMA said.

“The lack of clear guidelines as well as the absence of technical know-how among the medical fraternity have resulted in a slower growth of m-health and e-health space in India. Given the size and vastness of our country, the scope of digital healthcare is immense and if implemented in the right way, it can help solve many problems faced by the sector. We are extremely happy to come along with Lybrate as our digital partner and hope that together we can work towards making healthcare accessible to the people of India,” Padma Shri Awardee Dr A Marthanda Pillai, National President, IMA and Padma Shri Awardee, K K Aggarwal, Secretary General, IMA, said in a joint statement.