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The national telemedicine service which is operational on two government platforms has completed over 1.5 lakh teleconsultations enabling patient-to-doctor consultations from the confines of their homes, as well as doctor-to-doctor deliberations, the Union health ministry said on Sunday. Of the total 1,58,000 teleconsultations offered across the country on the telemedicine service platforms of the health ministry so far, 67,000 were provided through ‘eSanjeevani’ at Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres and 91,000 patient-to-doctor consultations through ‘eSanjeevaniOPD mode’, it said. The ministry said that presently, on an average around 5,000 consultations are provided daily through both the modes. Union health minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday presided over a review meeting with states and Union Territories over the ‘eSanjeevani’ and ‘eSanjeevaniOPD’ platforms. In a short span of time since November 2019, teleconsultations by ‘eSanjeevani’ and ‘eSanjeevaniOPD’ have been implemented by 23 states covering 75 per cent of the population. Other states are in the process of rolling it out, the health ministry said.