Haryana rolls out digital payments, online OPD registration at 610 health centres

Panchkula, Oct 25 (UNI) Haryana has taken a decisive leap towards digitising public healthcare as UPI-based payments go live at 610 government health institutions and online OPD registration is expanded to let patients book appointments from home, cutting waiting times and reducing congestion at hospital counters. Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Sumita Misra, said the state-wide initiative marks a major step in making healthcare more accessible, transparent, and patient-centric by replacing cumbersome manual processes with secure digital alternatives. Under the new system, patients can use UPI to pay charges for outpatient department (OPD) registration, inpatient department (IPD)…