Lucknow. Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh is going to take a new initiative to improve health services. Under this, a system is being developed to take patients to the right hospital according to their disease and need. This can provide relief to patients and their families from traveling from one hospital to another.
Actually, the Medical Education Department has prepared e-SARTHI (Digital Patient Referral System). Its pilot project will start from 16 November 2026 with Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences (UPUMS), Saifai as the centre. In this system, information about vacant beds, specialist doctors and treatment facilities in hospitals will be available through digital medium.
Patients will be sent to other hospitals only when beds are vacant.
The biggest feature of the new system is that before sending the patient to another hospital, the availability of beds and necessary medical facilities will be checked there. The respective hospitals will have to update the status of beds and services every two hours. This will help in saving the patient from problems like not getting a bed after reaching the hospital.
Pressure on Lucknow hospitals will reduce
Currently, a large number of patients from nearby districts reach Lucknow in search of better treatment. This increases crowding in big hospitals and waiting for treatment. Through e-SARTHI, patients can be sent to nearby government hospitals and medical colleges as per the facilities available. This will help in reducing the pressure on the hospitals of Lucknow.
11 hospitals will be included in the first phase
In the first phase of this project, three medical colleges and eight district and joint hospitals will be linked with UPUMS Saifai. For this, a 24-hour command center will also be established, which will monitor the entire process from referral to ambulance and till the patient reaches the hospital.
The aim of this initiative of the government is to provide timely proper treatment to the patients and make better use of the resources of government hospitals. Based on the results of the pilot project, this system will be expanded to other medical institutions in the state.