An initiative called ‘Lab Mitra’ started in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi last year was awarded the National e-Governance Gold Award at the National e-Governance Conference 2024 held yesterday in Mumbai. The award was given for Administrative Reforms and district-level initiatives in e-governance. A report from our correspondent:

 The initiative named ‘Lab Mitra’ started by the district administration of Varanasi with the help of a private bank and NGO has been quite successful, and the Lab Mitra model has now been started in the name of ‘Lab Report’ in the entire UP. The facility is being provided at 20 hospitals, including all government hospitals in Varanasi, and more than 2.5 lakh patients have benefitted from it till date.

Using the ‘Lab Mitra’ portal, patients coming to the government hospital are registered for laboratory tests as per the doctor’s prescription, and after the test, the system generates an online report, which is sent as a link on a text message to the patient’s phone number. By clicking on this link, the patient can get his complete lab test report after four hours of testing at the CHC and after 12 hours of testing at a government hospital.