Chandigarh, Nov 1 (PTI) Haryana is preparing to bring its entire network of government healthcare institutions onto a single digital

Chandigarh, Nov 1 (PTI) Haryana is preparing to bring its entire network of government healthcare institutions onto a single digital

Chandigarh, Nov 1 (PTI) Haryana is preparing to bring its entire network of government healthcare institutions onto a single digital

Chandigarh, Nov 1 (PTI) Haryana is preparing to bring its entire network of government healthcare institutions onto a single digital map to allow citizens to obtain information about hospitals, primary health centres, sub-health centres and AYUSH facilities from one platform.

     This will also give policymakers a clearer picture of infrastructure and gaps in services across the state, an official statement said here on Sunday.

     The initiative, developed through Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping, aims to integrate information on health institutions across the Health, AYUSH and Medical Education and Research (MER) departments into a unified platform, replacing fragmented departmental records.

     Additional Chief Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) Sumita Misra reviewed the progress of the exercise at a meeting on Sunday, where the GIS mapping data of healthcare facilities across Haryana was presented.

     The mapping exercise will make it possible to retrieve the geographical location, basic institutional information and photographs of individual health facilities through a digital interface, bringing essential information about the state's healthcare network together in one place.

     The exercise assumes significance for a state where healthcare institutions are spread across urban centres, towns and rural areas, and coordinated infrastructure planning requires reliable, location-specific information, the statement said.

     A major focus of the meeting was the role of the Haryana Space Applications Centre (HARSAC), the state's nodal agency for remote sensing and geospatial applications.

     HARSAC representatives assured the Health Department that the agency would provide technical handholding for managing the GIS database and facilitate the sharing of relevant information with other departments of the Haryana government.

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