Arogyam is an interaction which connects pregnant women in villages to gynecologist in cities via Primary health centres. Arogyam embodies all the details of the patients and can be consulted by the specialist doctors. It also includes providing more knowledge to health workers in PHCs.
2. Literature Review
➢ We are 1.24 billion and our population is growing at a rate of about 18 million every year.
➢ With only 2.4 per cent of the world land area, India has to support 16 per cent of its population.
➢ Malnutrition- 1 out of 3 malnourished child is from India.
➢ Availability of doctors- 1 for 1700 Indians.
➢ In spite of declining IMR, 1 in every 15 children still die within the first year of the life and 1 in every
11 die before reaching age 5.
➢ 19% of total fertility is contributed by very young mothers (age 15-19).
➢ Continuing low levels of education among women contribute to the high IMR and MMR. The IMR for
illiterate mothers is more than 2.5 times the rate for mothers who have completed at least high school.
➢ More than 1/2 the women of age 15-49 years and almost 3/4 of children of age 6-35 months are
anaemic.
➢ Only 2/5 of all children of age 12-23 months receive all of the recommended childhood vaccinations.
3. Literature Review
➢ Mothers giving 20% of births receive all of the various types of antenatal care. Less than half of
all deliveries are attended by a health professional and only 1/3rd of births take place in a
medical institution.
➢ 1 in every 15 children still die within the first year of the life and 1 in every 11 die before reaching
age 5.
➢ Water borne diseases like diarrhoea, dysentery, gastro-enteritis, enteric fever, viral hepatitis, etc.
still occur in countless numbers in India.
5. User Research
Interviewed 6 civilians including different social and professional background.
Questions:
➢ Is the treatment provided in govt. hospital good enough?
➢ Do you prefer govt. facility or pvt? If pvt, why?
➢ Do you think rural hospitals have enough doctors for people? If yes; how?
➢ Is there proper medication and technical facilities in India?
➢ Is there proper medication for pregnant women?
➢ What problems you face in primary health centres?
Interviewed Doctors, General physician, Emergency surgeon, Pharmacist.
6. Insights
● Awareness among all people via. Hospitals.
● Record keeping patients which can be referred by other doctors.
● Social media awareness regarding symptoms.
● Information about the tablets , chemicals And what can be cured.
● Proper documentation guidance in govt. Hospitals
● Application design for basic health issues.
● Mental health awareness at school level.
● EMI facility in govt. hospitals.
● To get to the root cause at the rural level and solve the health condition which can also change
the current scenario at govt. hospitals.
7. PHC (Primary Health centres)
● 1 PHC under 10-15 villages.
● 2 Medical Officers.( MBBS or BAMS0) Facility for them – Head quarters,
● Aarogy Sahayak ( Help assistant)- 2 Ladies, 2 Gents. Nurse
● Aarogy Sevak , Aarogy Sevika.( Each for 1 village)
● Min 3000/5000 population for each PHC.
● Basic facilities –
● Maternity room.
● Oxygen facility
● 5-7 no of Beds
● Operation theatre
● Shishu Vibhag
10. Problem Statement.
To uplift the facilities in PHC (Primary Health Center) so as to provide basic amenities to a pregnant
women.
Why ?
➔ Gynecologist is not present in PHC.
➔ To reduce the malnourishment in rural India.
➔ To reduce the burden in Govt. hospitals in cities and towns.
➔ To connect the doctors virtually in rural India.
➔ To educate the health workers.
20. Future prospects
➔ This website is not limited to only gynecologist but it can also be expanded for other doctors from
other fields.
➔ Through teleconferencing high quality videos can be done by which the doctors can monitor
complicated cases-like monitoring of a flesh wound.
➔ To reduce the bandwidth transmission, only certain areas can be of high quality, the rest of the
parts can be blurred.
➔ Prescription can be generated with virtual signature of the doctor.
➔ The PHC can be monitored through an administration which can keep a track of the rural healh.