Technology has brought a revolution in the health care sector of South Africa. Battling the health care crisis, a unique business model, telemedicine, has been approved by the government to address the percolating issues of long waiting hours and huge consultation fees in South Africa.

As per the new medical practice, Hello Doctor, the patients will be able to directly interact with the medical practitioners about their health concerns through a telephone or website.

Moreover, Dr. Steven Holt, the Medical Director of Hello Doctor, claimed, “There is either a tele-consultation fee for this service, payable online or over the phone by credit card, or consumers will be able to subscribe on a monthly basis where they will have unlimited access to doctors for themselves and their immediate family”.

With the system garnering positive reactions from the corridors of the medical fraternity, Dr. Steven Holt believes that the newly devised medical services can substantially eradicate the excess pressure mounting on the shoulders of the hospitals and doctors and further, asserts that urgent cases will get their due attention from the doctors, who are usually bungled up with regular cases.

Further, Dr. Steven confirmed that the shared medical information will be available for all the users on the website in order to expand the horizon of medical information.