New Delhi: Amid the burgeoning tide of AI in the globe and the recent shocks of Chinese DeepSeek innovation that shattered the global stock markets 34 per cent of healthcare organisations in India are piloting AI projects, and 16 per cent have moved their generative AI initiatives into production.
The Economic Survey 2024-25, presented by the Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Tuesday highlighted that under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) 72.81 crore Ayushman Bharat health Accounts have been created.
It further stated that E-Sanjeevani – the National Telemedicine Service, has emerged as the world’s largest telemedicine implementation in primary healthcare. It has served over 31.19 crore patients through 1.29 lakh AAM as spokes, which are served by 16,447 hubs and 676 online OPDs.
It further states that on the U –WIN portal over 1.7 crore pregnant women and 5.4 crore children have registered digitally and tracked more than 26.4 crore vaccine doses in real-time.
The Economic Survey 2024-25 states that with full immunisation coverage for FY24 at 93.5 per cent nationally, the Univeral Immunisation Programme continues to safeguard public health and ensure equitable access to essential vaccines. A child who has received Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG), three doses of Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV), three doses of Pentavalent and one dose of Measles Rubella (MR) by the first year of age is called a fully immunised child.
The Survey also states that the Jan Aushadhi scheme, launched to provide affordable medicines, has improved access to low-cost drugs achieving record sales in 2024 and expanding to over 14,000 kendras nationwide.
