Spoorthi Ullal
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SHS)

Mangalore, Oct 16: Health and family welfare minister U T Khadar on Thursday October 16 announced the launch of a new application, 'Healthizen', to resolve hospital related problems.

The app, the first of its kind in the country, will be active from October 17, Khadar said.

The new app would initially work in an experimental basis, limiting its reach only to Bangalore, and later it would cover the entire state. "People can capture the photo of the hospital they have a complain about and upload it to the app. Since the GPS is installed in the system, the monitoring team consisting of experts will trace the hospital to sort out the problem," he explained

However, he hinted the app would mainly deal with the cleanliness of the hospitals functioning across the state.

He further said this was the first app of its kind in India developed by his team, and that the union health minister had asked for the software to expand the reach.

The launching of the application will be jointly done by the chief minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah and union health minister Harshavardhan, he informed. The application will be available in Google Play store for mobile users to download.

People can report inadequate facilities and other issues at primary health centers and government hospitals, including heaps of garbage piled up in the hospital vicinity to the government in one click, Khadar said.