Trivandrum: The capital city-based Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) has launched a Telemedicine follow-up service for its regular patients. The registered patients can now opt for telemedicine (with audio and video interface) follow-up.
Patients should request telemedicine consultation in advance via https://patientportal.sctimst.ac.in/, and slots will be allotted after getting concurrence from the clinical team. We start with limited slots for telemedicine consultations per day in each major speciality, per the schedule given below. Patients and caregivers should ensure proper privacy in the room from where they join the consultation, good internet connectivity and working audio/video facilities during the one-hour slot.
Schedule for follow-up Telemedicine consultations
Day Time Department
Monday – Friday 2-3 PM General Review Cardiology
Monday – Friday 4-5 PM General Review Neurology
Monday – Friday 8-9 AM General Review Cardiac Surgery
Monday – Friday 2-3 PM General Review Neuro Surgery
Monday – Friday 3-4 PM Interventional Radiology
Monday 3 -4 PM Movement Discorder
Tuesday 12 -1 PM Neuro Muscular Clinic
Wednesday 12 -1 PM Epilepsy I Clinic
Thursday 12 -1 PM Memory & Neurobehaviour
Thursday 3-4 PM Sleep Clinic
Friday 12 -1 PM Stroke
Friday 3-4 PM Epilepsy II Clinic
According to a press release, SCTIMST shall soon open e-Sanjeevani doctor-to-doctor telemedicine services, the flagship free service of the Govt. of India. Here doctors from anywhere in the country can discuss their complex cases with SCTIMST consultants through telemedicine.