{"id":460786,"date":"2026-05-21T22:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/460786\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T22:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:51:09","slug":"five-child-healthcare-apps-launched-at-kgh-vizag-vijayawada-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/460786\/","title":{"rendered":"Five child healthcare apps launched at KGH Vizag | Vijayawada News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kgh-vizag-king-george-hospitaljfif.jpg\" alt=\"Five child healthcare apps launched at KGH Vizag\" title=\"The apps, designed for parents, ASHA workers and healthcare professionals, can be accessed directly on any smartphone without download. Andhra Medical College principal Dr Sandhya Devi and King George Hospital superintendent Dr I Vani launched the apps\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>The apps, designed for parents, ASHA workers and healthcare professionals, can be accessed directly on any smartphone without download. Andhra Medical College principal Dr Sandhya Devi and King George Hospital superintendent Dr I Vani launched the apps Visakhapatnam: Professor and head of the department of paediatrics at Andhra Medical College and King George Hospital, Dr B S Chakraborty, launched five free digital child health tools on his birthday on Thursday. The apps, designed for parents, ASHA workers and healthcare professionals, can be accessed directly on any smartphone without download. Andhra Medical College principal Dr Sandhya Devi and King George Hospital superintendent Dr I Vani launched the apps.The five apps are VacciTrack \u2014 IAP 2024, GrowRight \u2014 WHO Growth Tracker (0\u20135 years), TinySteps \u2014 Developmental Milestones &amp; Autism Screening, NutriChild Pro \u2014 Nutrition Assessment &amp; Andhra Food Plan, and SickChildGuide \u2014 Fever, ORS, Danger Signs &amp; Home Care.Dr Chakraborty clarified that these applications are not a substitute for medical advice and urged users not to rely solely on their outcomes. He emphasised that all decisions regarding a child\u2019s health should be made in consultation with a qualified paediatrician.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The apps, designed for parents, ASHA workers and healthcare professionals, can be accessed directly on any smartphone without&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[199590,199570,199580,199587,199585,199576,199594,199575,199577,199572,199574,199573,199592,199578,199584,45428,61,199583,60,199569,199568,202,199588,199589,199593,11760,199581,199591,199579,80,199586,199582,199571],"class_list":["post-460786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-andhra-food-plan","tag-andhra-medical-college","tag-asha-workers","tag-autism-screening-app","tag-child-growth-tracker-0-5-years","tag-child-health-apps","tag-danger-signs-in-children","tag-department-of-paediatrics","tag-digital-child-health-tools","tag-dr-b-s-chakraborty","tag-dr-i-vani","tag-dr-sandhya-devi","tag-fever-home-care","tag-free-health-apps","tag-growright-who-growth-tracker","tag-healthcare-workers","tag-ie","tag-immunization-tracker","tag-ireland","tag-kgh","tag-king-george-hospital","tag-mobile","tag-nutrichild-pro","tag-nutrition-assessment","tag-ors-guidance","tag-parents","tag-pediatrician-consultation","tag-sickchildguide","tag-smartphone-health-tools","tag-technology","tag-tinysteps-developmental-milestones","tag-vaccitrack-iap-2024","tag-vishakhapatnam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}