Shimla, May 13 -- Himachal Pradesh chief minister (CM) Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday directed the health department to digitise patients' records.

The move aims to help people get faster and easier healthcare services.

With this system, patients will not need to carry paper registration slips or medical test reports, said CM Sukhu while chairing a meeting of senior health department officials. The officials have been asked to start a pilot project at Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMC) and digitise patient data in five departments --pathology, radiology, mycology, biochemistry and pharmacy. He also assured adequate manpower to implement this project.

Sukhu also directed them to formulate a nutrition policy for the sta...