Consulting A Doctor Online

Ever imagined of consulting a doctor online? If you don’t have a medical doctor as a family relative or friend, it may be a nightmare and very difficult to get professional health advice and counselling in the event you need one, especially when a hospital is far away from you, the health issue is minor, or you don’t have time to visit a hospital and waste long hours in a queue before physically seeing a doctor.

Also, there are some health concerns that you will want a professional clarification on from a doctor to know what step is best to take to deal with it.

For instance, you have a child or sibling who develops a health issue in the night or in a place where the nearest clinic or hospital is very far away.

Or as a woman who sees her period regularly and normally, and all of a sudden your period becomes scanty or doesn’t flow when it is supposed to in a cycle.

Better still, you’re a first-time mother and you notice that your child always cries even after breastfeeding him or her. Is your breast milk not enough or are you not using the right breastfeeding technique. You desperately need professional answers to this and quickly and easily.

In cases like this, many people resort to self-medication or buying any drugs from roadside chemist shops and end up worsening a minor health issue. Or seeking the advice of their peers.

But things have changed and are changing for the better. Technology in your basic smartphone has made it possible for you to do a lot of things: from accessing the internet for many things to playing games.

Now, you can also consult a real doctor online from the comfort of your mobile phone from wherever you are and at any time whenever you have any health issues or problems that going to the hospital immediately may not be possible.

So what does this mean? Does it entail just going to Google or Facebook and searching for a doctor to chat with online? No.

There are online platforms (websites, mobile apps and even dedicated WhatsApp portal) you can visit/download and register to start consulting a real online doctor privately on your health issues. These platforms have been in existence for some time now in places like the US and UK.

And in Nigeria, Swiftcheckup has built a similar sleek platform that enables you to privately consult verified online doctors. By downloading our mobile app on your smartphone and signing up, you have licensed and verified online doctors on-the-go.

You can always consult any of these online doctors any time of the day and within 10 minutes of your first question, the doctor will start a live chat consultation with you. Below is a step by step guide on how to download, sign up on and start using the Swiftcheckup online doctor consultation app:

1. Click on this link to download the online doctor consultation app from the Google Play Store.
2. After installing the app, you sign up
3. Now that you have signed up, your first full consultation with any of our verified online doctors or dentists is free and this is how to start consulting an online doctor on Swiftcheckup

It is important to note that every doctor/dentist on Swiftcheckup has been strictly verified and is licensed/certified/registered up-to-date with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria who regulates medical and dental practice in Nigeria.

Written by Dr. Okechukwu Amako, MB;BS (Ibadan)