Airtel customers in Sri Lanka to appoint doctor on mobile

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Sri Lankan people can now book doctor’s appointment on phone if they are Airtel subscribers, both postpaid and prepaid. E-Channelling PLC, a Colombo Stock Exchange listed e-commerce Company powers the service on Airtel and it also powers a similar service on competing telco Dialog Telecom.

e-Channelling provides a centralized doctor’s appointment booking system for Sri Lanka’s private healthcare industry, allowing patients to book and pay for appointments via the Internet, mobile, banks and ICT centers called Nenasala on a single dial-in number, 225.

Nawaloka, Asiri Hospitals, Durdans, Apollo, Oasis, Ninewells, Park, Golden Key Eye and ENT, Ceymed and Royal Hospital in Colombo and Southern Hospital in Galle are some of the hospitals connected to e-Channelling and the average cost of an appointment is around Rs. 750