Telemedicine at JNMC, Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh: The Departments of Surgery, Medicine and Paediatric Surgery at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) started telemedicine services to consult patients with pathological and common conditions.

Doctors at the Department of Surgery provide health care through received calls on phone number, 7455041632 from 10: 00 am to 12: 30 pm daily, barring Sundays. Prof Afzal Anees and Dr Meraj Ahmed are consulting the patients on Mondays, Prof Mohammad Habib Raza and Dr Mohammad Sadik Akhtar are available to attend calls on Tuesdays, Prof Syed Hasan Harris and Dr Shahbaz Habib Faridi are attending the patients on Wednesdays, Prof Mohammad Aslam is consulting on Thursdays, Prof Syed Amjad Ali Rizvi (Chairman) and Dr M Yusuf Afaque are attending calls of patients on Fridays and Prof Atia Zaka ur Rab and Dr Wasif Mohammad Ali are available on Saturdays. Meanwhile, Dr Manzoor Ahmad is attending calls of patients with Urology problems on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

In the Department of Paediatric Surgery, Dr Rizwan Ahmad Khan (Chairman) is consulting patients through calls on phone number, 7455030642 on Mondays and Fridays from 9: 00 am to12 noon, whereas patients can speak with doctors at the Department of Medicine from Monday to Saturday through phone calls on 7455030641.

Other JNMC departments offering telemedicine services are Neurosurgery (Phone: 7455041631), Psychiatry (7455041633), Orthopaedic Surgery (7455041634), Dermatology (7455041635), RG Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology (7455041636), Obstetrics and Gynaecology (7455041637), Institute of Ophthalmology (7455041638), Cardio Vascular and Thoracic Surgery (7455041639) and Radiotherapy (7455041640).