TRANSFORMING INDIA

Innovation for Viksit Bharat

Initiative Details

Project Name Bridging Knowledge for Corona Warriors
Department/State/District Medical Education Department, Uttar Pradesh
Sector Health
Year 2021
Project Details

Summary

Lakhs of health workers and para medical staff strived hard day and night to overcome the almost insurmountable pandemic during the last two years. While these corona warriors worked diligently for the nation to be healthy, the vulnerability of these workers was the highest. At these testing times, a small but vital innovative adaptation rendered the much needed capacity building for these angels in uniform. Chikitsa Setu, an online and contact-less training solution for frontline workers to help keep them safe and secure became a boon for them. Now, there was no need of training handbooks, big auditoriums and large groups to deliver trainings. World class trainers and state-of-the-art instruction manuals were accessible to all health workers at the click of a button. A revolution in training - the one stop solution for all medical knowledge The innovation by the Uttar Pradesh Government helped frontline workers, the backbone of public health delivery systems, to avoid instruction meetings and infections. Health workers in the State were armed with mobile phones with knowledge and precise training on how to deal with the virus and how to protect themselves through Chikitsa Setu. A revolutionary step in medical training, creating credible knowledge bank for frontline workers.. Read More