A telemedicine center brought into operation at Thanamaula of Phalebas municipality-8 in Parbat by the local Char Bhanjyang Service Center has been providing its services to a good number of people since the beginning, winning the people's trust.
Locals have been benefited by the operation of center which provides telemedicine services and health counseling for epilepsy, mental problem and other health issues related to urinary system, skin and neurology.
As stated by Char Bhanjyang Health Center's chief Roshan Gurung, health services have been accessible to the locals with the operation of the telemedicine center.
The telemedicine is about the remote delivery of health services by the means of telecommunications technology through which healthcare providers and patients make two-way communications and former listen to their (patients') problems, evaluate and make diagnosis, and recommend them required treatment or further process.
The center provides the services to patients through the Skype where medical specialists and doctors from home and abroad are available for their (patients) convenience.
Local Arjun Kunwar, 38, said he had been uncomfortable even for his casual movement due to neurological issues.
But now the problem has been normalized following the treatment he acquired on the consultation of a foreign doctor. The center made it possible for him. He underwent a surgery of his throat nerve on the recommendation of the doctor he met on the Skype at the center.
According to him, there are other many people who have been living a normal life after receiving healthcare services from the center for their different health- related problems.
The center refers patients to other health facilities, in coordination with the Western Regional Hospital Pokhara, if they need to be admitted to hospital.
It was established in 2066 BS on the initiation of Char Bhanjyang Tamu Society based in the UK. Up to 25 people visit it on a daily basis these days. It welcomes people from Kushma municipality, Mahashila rural municipality, Bihadi rural municipality as well as neighboring districts Baglung and Gulmi.
Besides all these, the center conducts a free health camps on the presence of medical experts from abroad every year targeting locals. It has been launching a Health Education Campaign for the health awareness of people. The ambulance service is in the offing.
