India’s national telemedicine service e-Sanjeevani has crossed 50 crore (500 million) teleconsultations, a milestone reached on 15 September 2026 and highlighted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Mann Ki Baat address on 25 October.
The numbers
- 50,00,92,730 teleconsultations recorded across all 36 States and Union Territories
- 1.42 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandir spokes, 19,473 medical hubs and 901 online OPDs
- 2,41,923 registered healthcare providers on the platform
- Women account for 57.14% of consultations; 40.15% are by people aged 46 years and above
- The service runs in 15 languages and handles 2.5 to 3 lakh consultations a day
What e-Sanjeevani is
Launched in 2019 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, e-Sanjeevani is a free service that connects patients in rural and remote areas with doctors through video calls. It was developed by C-DAC Mohali and now also integrates AI-powered clinical decision support and the Emergency Response Support System-112 (ERSS-112).
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