Punjab Government Launches “Sirjan” Mobile App To Reduce Maternal Mortality Rate In Punjab

In a bid to improve maternal and newborn care, under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann,Punjab Health department, launched a mobile-app “Sirjan", a cutting-edge digital platform aimed at empowering healthcare providers to deliver comprehensive care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period.

The android-based application will prove as a game-changer auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs) and medical officers in tracking high-risk pregnancies to deliver comprehensive antenatal, intra-partum and postnatal care. It will also strengthen the identification, tracking, and management of high-risk pregnancies, ensuring timely and appropriate care, he said, while adding that it also facilitates a continuum of care for the beneficiary from antenatal period to post delivery period.

This mobile application can be connected to digital devices through bluetooth which transfers the parameters of beneficiary directly to the application and no manual entry is required. This application helps in informed decision making through identification of high-risk pregnancies based on vitals registered on app and also helps in generation of work plan, MCP card and dashboard for ANMs, he added.

The high risk pregnancies will be flashed in MO’s app, which will help patients in getting quick medical help and the treatment given by MO can be uploaded on app, which will be reflected back to concerned ANM using the application. In Labor room all the vitals can be recorded on app which flashes any danger sign or need for referral to higher facility. This platform will be piloted in the districts of Taran Taran and Gurdaspur initially, with plans for further expansion based on its impact. Aim of the program is to reduce low birth weight by 10% through improvement in processes for pregnant mothers.