COVID Pandemic: Armed Forces Call On Medical Services Veterans For Teleconsultation
Mubarak Ansari
Pune/New Delhi, 1st May 2021: The Ministry of Defence has called upon the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) veterans to join for teleconsultation services as the country needs their expertise to deal with the Coronavirus disease (COVID19) pandemic.
Brigadier Atul Seth from the AFMS (coord) has written a letter in this regard to the veterans. The letter states, “The country has been experiencing the second surge of Covid pandemic since the past month which needs an accelerated optimized time-bound synergetic effort at the national level to reduce mortality and morbidity.
The nation as a whole including the Armed Forces have been contributing their might in its effort to contain the pandemic and provide all possible assistance to the countrymen.
The veterans constitute a large group of the Armed Forces family who have served the nation with honour and dignity. They are motivated highly trained professionals who still have a lot to offer for a national cause. Hence, all Veteran Officers of Armed Forces Medical Services are requested to register themselves on e-Sehat portal wherein they can offer their guidance, counselling and advice to many of their fellow countrymen and help provide succour in this hour of need.
All Veteran officers desirous of registering themselves on the e-Sehat Portal may do so to provide teleconsultation to the clientele. The above teleconsultation portal is already functional in the Armed Forces Medical Services under the aegis of IT Cell of HQ IDS (Med) and for any clarification, the Veteran officers may contact the IT Cell in Tele No. 011-26712407 or contact the following officers as per details given below:-
(a) ColAshok Kumar : [email protected]
(b) Lt Col Arun Gulati: [email protected]
(c) Lt Col Tippesh : [email protected]
