Tele-evidence

Tele-evidence is a method to depose before various courts for evidence using videoconferencing. It is a telemedicine tool providing viable alternative to physical appearance of doctors for judicial summons. The term was coined at the Department of Hospital Administration, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India by Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta, Medical Superintendent and Head of the Department.

Deposition of prisoners before courts from prisons using videoconferencing is an established practice, however doctors have to physically go to courts to depose as courts routinely summon doctors as expert witnesses to give their testimony in various medico-legal cases. In order to comply with the summons and to expedite the delivery of justice, doctors have to mandatorily appear in courts taking time out from their busy schedules in the hospital to commute to various courts. This not only affects the patient care in their respective health care centres/hospital but also is a regular huge drain on the state exchequer in terms of fuel expense and increased maintenance of the vehicle, besides increasing the carbon footprints. The Department of Hospital Administration, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India with the help of Hon'ble High Court of Punjab and Haryana started Tele-evidence in 2014.

India's first Tele-evidence facility at PGIMER was formally inaugurated by Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India on 30 December 2015.

• Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India inaugurating Tele-evidence facility at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
  Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India inaugurating Tele-evidence facility at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
• Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India inaugurating Tele-evidence facility at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
  Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India inaugurating Tele-evidence facility at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

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