INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A young man from Nangarhar province has developed an application, or software, that provides people and medical professionals with necessary
information including listings for hospitals, doctors, specialists and pharmacies.The app is available in Dari, Pashto and English and is an
easily accessible feature that also includes information on hospitals and laboratories.Habibullah Jabarkhail, says if he gets support from
the ministry of public health, he will be able to roll out more apps and programs for the sector.He says his app is available for download
on the internet.Jabarkhail says that by using this application, people can make appointments with doctors online, get blood test results and
find information about doctors and hospitals.Jabarkhail says that he has worked for two and a half years to develop this application, two
years for research and review and six months for developing this software.The creation of this application was not without cost, he said,
adding it cost him 150,000 afghanis.Included in this application, hospitals in Kabul, Nangarhar and some other provinces are registered and
the names of about 100 doctors are also listed.A number of hospitals, doctors, laboratories and pharmacies in Nangarhar have agreed with
Jabarkhail that when people contact them and make appointments through the app, then they will get a 30% discount.This is the first known
program for the health sector to be rolled out in Nangarhar.The post Nangarhar resident rolls out application for health sector first
