Gujarat Free Tele-Consultation and medicines for Senior Citizens

GANDHINAGAR: Soon, you will not be required to pay a visit to costly
clinics or even nearby government medical facilities for consultation
of an ailment. In fact, you will also not need to rush to a pharmacy
to purchase medicines. The Gujarat government has begun work on a
project to provide free medical consultation over the phone and
provide free medicine to your doorstep.
The service is expected to be launched in the next 2-3 months across
all major cities, after which it will be extended to smaller towns and
villages.
Jai Prakash Shivahare, commissioner, health & family welfare
department, said, "On the basis of Centre's suggested model, we will
shortly launch eSanjeevani OPD to provide free telemedicine
consultation to all citizens. Moreover, citizens will not need to go
anywhere for medicines. Through e-prescriptions, patients will receive
suggested medicine at their doorstep in the minimum possible time,
totally free."
The official added that, at present, the government is in the process
of selecting agencies that will provide trained doctors for
telemedicine consultation and distribute free medicine to citizens on
the basis of e-prescriptions. "This system will prove to be a game
changer for senior citizens and those who find it difficult to visit a
doctor and even for those who cannot afford medicines from pharmacies.
Initially, the government will roll out the consultation service.
Later, we will offer regular medicine supply," the official said.
"The eSanjeevani OPD and medicine supply services will also be in sync
with nearby government hospitals for treatment of citizens like
further diagnosis and operations etc. We aim to start a pilot project
in a few places. Then, we will implement the project across the state
in the coming months. This service will revolutionise the public
health service in the state," Shivahare said.
He added that apart from ensuring that senior citizens and those who
cannot travel get medical service at their doorstep, the service will
lessen the burden on public health facilities.
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Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/soon-free-tele-consultation-med-delivery/articleshow/89102939.cms


If you have come this far, you better know: I took a lot of effort to
copy paste this story from TOI webpage. TOI has disabled copy paste!!!

White Paper on Catalysing & Reforming senior care in India

Catalysing & Reforming senior care in India 

Details of a White Paper are given reproduced from EH News Bureau

A video of a nearly two and half hours duration is given at the end who may require entire info.

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

EH News Bureau

NATHEALTH releases whitepaper on “Catalysing and Reforming Senior Care in India”

Industry report highlights the opportunities and need for multiple sectoral collaboration through 12 actionable recommendations under 6 thematic areas

Senior Care forum under the aegis of NATHEALTH – Healthcare Federation of India in collaboration with ASLI, FICCI and MTaI launched a whitepaper on “Catalysing and Reforming Senior Care in India” in technical collaboration with PWC. Currently, India enjoys a young population dividend, in the next few decades the ageing population is set to grow to ~330 million individuals by 2050. The growing elderly population, increased life expectancy, improved affordability, shifting disease burden & changing family structures are driving the need for senior care both medical & non-medical. With increasing ageing population, there will be an increase in demand for care and resources.

The paper highlighted that there is a need for a strong policy framework. Mechanisms for financing of care and an elder welfare ecosystem involving both in the public and private sector can help the Indian elders live a healthy and enriching life during their silver years.

Speaking at the launch, Dr Vinod Kumar Paul, Hon’ble Member-Health, NITI Aayog said, “The care of the elderly is a very critical area. The issue of financial protection of seniors is a very important one and we must look at private insurance models that have worked in other countries. We must look at ways to incorporate senior care into our existing primary health systems. We must identify the correct way to channelize CSR funds to scale up elderly care. Another important factor is to consider the telehealth model to reach out to seniors across geographies. It is also important to include civil society organsations who work on ground as a part of the discussion.”

R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said, “Senior care is one of the urgent public health priorities that we should collectively address as a nation. A public-private partnership will help us effectively address the problem and enable us to create a better eco-system for elder care. As our constructive next steps to elevate the state of elderly care in India, we should give adequate attention to five aspects which includes building industry standards, strengthening elderly insurance cover, forming elderly self-help groups and re-employment opportunities, integrating innovation into elderly ecosystem through startups, and encouraging private sector to invest in senior care through their CSR programs.”

According toDr Harsh Mahajan, President NATHEALTH and Chief Radiologist, Mahajan Imaging, “There is a need to develop digital disruptions across mature senior welfare ecosystems to improve access & efficiency and promote independent ageing. The white paper on ‘Catalysing & Reforming senior care in India’ highlights 12 implementation focused initiatives that could help accelerate reforms, improve access and affordability of care and harness latent opportunities of the private sector with a focused holistic integrated approach.”

Brig Dr Arvind Lal, Chair- FICCI Swasth Bharat Task Force; Executive Chairman, Dr Lal Path Labs said, “While India’s economic position and healthcare ecosystem have significantly improved over the years, our elderly population is still highly vulnerable to both Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases. In addition, they face numerous challenges ranging from economic security, accessibility to public services along with abuse and neglect from family and society. We must create a robust and inclusive senior welfare ecosystem that gives them a life with dignity in their golden years. It is high time that we introduce a dedicated ‘National Mission for Ageing and Senior Welfare’, with active participation of the Central and State Governments, industry and the civil society.”

With an aim to provide the right support & impetus that could help transforming the Indian senior care landscape, the report has highlighted recommendations that are focused around 6 moats:

Regulations & Policy reforms – A single governing body & national mission for senior citizen welfare backed by a national portal for the elderly to place the power of choice in the hands of the consumer. A fair & participative regulatory framework to support development of private sector & provides the much necessary market stewardship

Financing of care – A mandatory/tax-incentivised health saving plan/scheme from early ages, private health insurance reforms to increase enrolment & provide comprehensive cover for all the aspects of senior care. Building in efficiency measures in financing & care delivery to ensure optimum utilization of public funds & infrastructure

Execution of Public Private Partnership model –Identifying areas of for PPP models & a robust framework for PPP could help boost private sector investment, augment public capacity while improving efficiency and facilitate care access to all senior citizens

Capacity building – Workforce & digital infrastructure capacity building to support a growing industry with skilled and trained manpower for provision of highest quality of care to all

Tax Subsidies – Tax impetus to providers & consumers of senior care services & products, the SCWF as a corpus for funding senior welfare & tax benefits to entrepreneurs & start-ups in the space to help development of the space

Active & Healthy ageing – WHO focus on healthy & active ageing & Government of India’s focus on ‘Ageing in Place’ could be supported by creating a home environment, community support system and a larger ecosystem focused on elder welfare, to help the elderly optimise opportunities for living a healthy and productive life while also reducing the cost of care burden

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https://www.expresshealthcare.in/news/nathealth-releases-whitepaper-on-catalysing-and-reforming-senior-care-in-india/433081/

How to save search results from Gmail into a pdf file?

How to save search results from Gmail into a pdf file?

 Sometimes you may do searches on Google for others to help them. After perfecting your search, you may arrive a decent set of highly relevant results. A print out of that result-page will be useful to your friend for follow up and further exploration. I will describe the process of doing it briefly now.

 Chrome browser has a built-in print routine. You can access it by Right-click of the mouse. One of the options under Print is Save as PDF. That’s it. Your job is done! 

 You may use the same trick to print out results of search in Gmail also. Here the search could be as sophisticated as you can frame the search query. After performing a search, you may manually select only highly relevant ones distributed over many screens. When you print the results, attachments will also get printed. You may limit the results by label, date (time frame), subject line etc.

 One advantage of the printed pdf file is that the hyperlinks will work in pdf too. Since the query string that fetched the suitable results is also shown, the recipient can repeat the same search for updated results.

 This story has explained a “not so openly noticeable feature” of print option. Please pass on the tip to someone who may need it.

  

 

 

Newspaper Tailpiece Advertisements

               Newspaper Tailpiece Advertisements

 

Most of you might have noticed a long strip of advertisements about an inch in width but length extending to an entire page and protruding on the right side of the paper. I do not know how they are technically designated but let me refer to them as tail piece Advt.

 

Personally, I hate such advertisements. They are a distraction and they sort of force or coerce you to read it. I am not paying for the advertisements but for the main news content and stories. Such advertisements make stacking / storing difficult and clumsy. Bundling them for disposal as waste paper is awkward. I hate them so much that I tear them straight away, without even caring to read what it is about.

 

This is a clever ploy of publishers to hook you in. I believe they also charge more for such special positions. As it is, advertisers are suckers. They make tall false claims. They believe in Goebbels' notion that if you repeat a lie enough number times readers would start believing them. I do not want to be ensnared or entrapped. I cannot avoid them totally as I understand that it is the advertisers who help you buy the newspaper at ‘low’ price. Only yesterday I renewed TOI paying an annual subscription of Rs 769/-.

 

The price of a single issue mentioned on the first page of TOI is Rs 4.00; Sundays and special issues cost more. I have some friends who buy the newspaper on a daily basis as a part of their morning walk, shelling down about Rs 1500 per year! They can afford the luxury of time, effort and money on a silly thing like getting a newspaper full of Advertisements that are no use to them. I am happy to note that those weeklies that carry only advertisements like WANTADs etc have disappeared.

 

Well, one man’s opinion does not carry much weight except giving an opportunity to lament and comment. What is your take on the topic?

 

 

 

Dr P Vyasamoorthy / 9490804278

Enchanting Sankaranti Rangoli

              Enchanting Sankaranti Rangoli

During my evening walk today – Sankaranti - I entertained myself by observing several beautiful Rangoli work in front of houses.  I found that rich and upper middle-class areas offered very little to brag about. It was in Basti and village (Kakaguda) areas that gave plentiful to watch and wonder.

 The Rangoli work displayed full range of rainbow of colours. Elements related to the festival like: kites, basavanna and his cow, flowers, sugar cane, beautiful ladies in arresting dresses, dancing girls, pots overflowing with milk, slogans & greetings, peacocks and others were all there. I remember that no one had tried to depict the Sun, so closely connected with harvest. The creativity displayed is something to seen and not described on paper.

 On the streets, if vertical demarcations are seen, that indicates that there was a Rangoli competition in that basti. Narrower the streets had more to offer! Some were jealous of protecting their work of art by placing small and big stones! I wish I had taken my mobile to capture some of the wondrous offerings. Last year when I did click some photos, some young boys crowded around me asking if I am a journalist writing a story for some magazine – if so, they might demand some payment!

 Whenever I came across “more-than-ordinary” Rangoli, I took a few moments more to stand, stare, assess and admire. The happiness of people around can not be expressed. Several shades of culture and traditional skills of our country, sort of flows over to streets, so to say. I came home satiated at heart, thought and soul.

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Mistaken Identity

                                          Mistaken Identity

I was on my routine evening walk. I saw someone familiar walking a little ahead of me. I increased my pace, caught up with him and gently tapped on his shoulder. He turned back, looked a little bewildered and perhaps also a little annoyed. He wasn’t anyone I knew; I mumbled a few words of apology, explaining the misunderstanding. It was a case of mistaken identity, looking at a person from his back!

 Another day, I was walking. It was my turn to be mistaken by a stranger who similarly tapped on me and said, “Hello”. We excused ourselves and departed politely.  There is belief that there would be seven identical persons for anyone alive. How far this is true, I don’t know. But quite a few times someone or the other tells me I resemble (not just resemble but almost identical to be mistaken) someone known to them. I have also seen people pointing to me in their conversation and conveying more or less the same idea of my being identical to somebody they know.

 The other day I was coming out the bank after drawing some cash. Someone tapped me from behind; he was a stranger, I got alerted quickly, guessed what he was up to and immediately secured my pant pockets by placing my hands firmly over there and shouting. Some passers by came to my rescue and I was greatly relieved.   This is a case of purposefully ‘mistaking’ someone!

 This evening, as I was walking, some street dogs looked unkindly towards me. I was carrying my ‘Jolna’ bag which perhaps gave them an idea that I am a rag picker! Some how one dog was successful in sharing and spreading his doubt with his friends and they started barking and howling. If it is one dog you can pretend to pick up a stone and throw at him. The trick won’t work when there are many. The more you exhibit fear, the more they would chase and harass you. It is a complicated issue if the street is almost empty. It is in such circumstances that carrying a walking stick is useful. This is another case of mistaken identity, fearful one, to narrate!

 I understand that ‘mistaken identity’ has some special meaning for legal professionals. Let me not tread into unknown areas.

 Have you had similar experiences? How did you handle them? Let’s share.

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How to add comments to a Gmail Message

How to add comments to a Gmail Message

Sometimes you may want to record  / add some comments meant for

yourself after sending an email in Gmail. There is no straightforward

way of doing this. There are some third party Apps or widgets to do
this but all of them keep the comments in the cloud, outside of Gmail
and have to access it every time you want to look up comments. This is
clumsy. I am giving an alternate  solution, some sort of work around.

Select the message you want to add comments. "Reply' that message.  As
a part of Reply add the comment text. Then delete the to: address
shown and replace it with your own email address.  That is you are
sending the message to yourself with comments. This method is ok even
in the case of received messages that have not been replied.

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