DKT Pakistan opens first e-health

KARACHI: In a first of its kind initiative DKT Pakistan inaugurated the first doctHERs e-health facility in their Dhanak clinic in Ilyas Goth, Karachi, a statement said on Wednesday.

An international social franchising organisation that came to Pakistan in 2012, DKT Pakistan has been striving to provide better family planning and health care services to the people of the country. Having established 850 Dhanak clinics around the country, DKT Pakistan is now extending their services with the addition of a quality health examination facility in collaboration with doctHERs.

The facility which was inaugurated in Ilyas Goth at DKT Pakistan’s existing clinic allows a qualified doctor to be connected with the lady health worker / nurse virtually. The doctor will guide the nurse how to examine the patient and explain his / her symptoms to the doctor for any medical tests that needs to be conducted or for required prescription of medications.