Doctor consultation without a doctor’s visit: Here’s an app for that
27 April 2019 |
3:14 pm
Like most of us, when we fall ill, the only way we know how to see a doctor is by going to the hospital and wait on the line. Well, one application has been created to make it easier to request for an appointment with a doctor online.
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