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Medical appointments at Ninewells Hospitals now via Doc 990

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Pioneering maternity and child hospital, Ninewells, joined the Doc 990 digital health portal, enabling parents and patients to make medical appointments with convenience and ease via their mobile phones. 
Customers simply need to dial 990 from any mobile network to make appointments at Ninewells Hospital Colombo, anytime – anywhere, presenting greater convenience and ease. The cutting-edge Doc 990 portal is accessible via a Mobile App (downloadable from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store), and via web on www.doc.lk as well as short code 990.
The service also offers SMS notifications on sessions and doctor arrival and departure times, to assist patrons reduce waiting time at the hospital. The Doc 990 digital health portal offers significant benefits to users with greater convenience and savings on time and costs. 
The Doc990 Digital Health Portal provides medical appointment booking facilities for all hospitals of the Asiri Hospitals Group (Asiri Surgical, Asiri Medical and Asiri Central),Nawaloka Hospital - Colombo, New Philip Hospital Kaluthara, Ninewells, Union Hospital Malabe and Singhe Hospital Ratnapura. Several leading hospitals and healthcare groups are expected to extend booking facilities via Doc990 portal in the near future.
Doc990 service operated by Digital Health Pvt Limited, harnesses advanced digital technologies to maximise the service experience delivered to consumers of health care services in Sri Lanka.
The service adds significant value to the range of facilities offered by the hospitals, in addition to delivering savings on time, logistics, plus, offering significant cost savings with a flat rate for every hospital and doctor within Colombo, and a further reduced rate for hospitals situated in the suburbs. 
For inquiries on Doc 990 customers could call on 0117990990or log into www.doc.lk.