Punjab registers 94.3 million digital health profiles

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Punjab's government has compiled health and demographic profiles for about 94.3 million residents in its first digital health census, assigning unique identification numbers to every household and registering data through 14,300 community health inspectors' door-to-door visits. The dashboard holds information on health status, lifestyle, economic conditions, drinking water access and disabilities, and officials say services and medicine supply will be planned on verified digital data. The chief minister ordered a population management campaign, faster activation of cath labs (16 planned, five functioning), a proposal to link citizens to primary care and a disaster recovery site for the health database.

Punjab registered 94.3 million digital health profiles