JIPMER introduces toll free number for emergency services

Patients in emergency can get timely medical advice with the premier health institute JIPMER here today announcing facilities, including use of video chat application Skype and a toll-free number, for their benefit.
A toll free number 1800-425-6565, mobile number 9787757279 besides three landline numbers (0413-2271301, 2271302 and 2271303) had been introduced to enable the public to use the emergency service effectively, Director of the Centrally-administered JIPMER Dr S C Parija said.
A team of junior and senior doctors had also been given a smart phone to respond to any telephonic call from a patient requiring emergency consultations to guide them.

Skype service was also available and the ID is 'casualty desktop telemedicine JIPMER or casualty mobile telemedicine JIPMER', he said in a release.
However, general enquiry would not be entertained as the new facilities were for emergency service.