<p>Patient registrations at all district hospitals in Karnataka will go online within a month, Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar has announced.</p>.<p>Patients can get appointments online or through SMS and pay online, which would also reduce crowding in hospitals. He added that the system would be implemented in taluk hospitals, too.</p>.<p>Dr Sudhakar was speaking to mediapersons after an inspection of the Jayanagar General Hospital here.</p>.<p>He announced a grant of Rs 5 crore for the hospital’s repair works. The hospital administration made a presentation to the minister, highlighting the need for equipment maintenance, requirement for fire safety installations and repairs, and the high costs of biomedical waste treatment, among others. </p>
<p>Patient registrations at all district hospitals in Karnataka will go online within a month, Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar has announced.</p>.<p>Patients can get appointments online or through SMS and pay online, which would also reduce crowding in hospitals. He added that the system would be implemented in taluk hospitals, too.</p>.<p>Dr Sudhakar was speaking to mediapersons after an inspection of the Jayanagar General Hospital here.</p>.<p>He announced a grant of Rs 5 crore for the hospital’s repair works. The hospital administration made a presentation to the minister, highlighting the need for equipment maintenance, requirement for fire safety installations and repairs, and the high costs of biomedical waste treatment, among others. </p>
