App, kiosk launched for information on Odisha hospital

A mobile application and information kiosk were launched in this western Odisha city today to provide information about availability of services and doctors at the stare run Sambalpur District Headquarter Hospital (DHH) here.

Sambalpur District Collector Samarth Verma launched the mobile app and inaugurated the information kiosk, which is located on the premises of the DHH.

Verma said the app and the kiosk have been developed with the help of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).

The patients coming to Sambalpur DHH for health service will get all the information about the hospital and the doctors from the mobile app and the kiosk, he said.

Chief District Medical Officer, KK Gupta, said one can know about the doctors, their duty hours, their phone numbers, services and facilities available at the hospital with the help of app.

This apart, an option of grievance redressal is also there in it the app which is available on Android platform, he added.

The DHH is a 268-bed government run hospital.