Hyderabad: Telangana government is planning to issue ‘Digital Health Cards’ for all their citizens, and Sangareddy has been chosen to implement the pilot project, Health Minister Damodar Raja Narsimha announced on Thursday, March 12.

At a meeting with state and district-level officials at the Sangareddy Collector Praveen Kumar’s office, the minister discussed project implementation strategy, preliminary arrangements, and necessary technical facilities.

The minister directed officials to create a Digital Health Profile containing the complete medical history of citizens by visiting government medical institutions in Sangareddy, including the government general hospital, area hospitals, community health centres, urban primary health centres, primary health centres, and basti dawakhanas.

Narsimha instructed the Collector to arrange necessary IT facilities and basic infrastructure to digitally record the patient’s medical history, such as the outpatient department (OPD), medical officer, lab, pharmacy, etc.

Having a patient’s complete medical history in the form of a Digital Health Card will enable doctors to provide appropriate treatment immediately and can also help patients obtain treatment in super speciality hospitals through referral from government hospitals, the minister said.