Kolkata: Catching up with digitisation sweeping the nation, many government hospitals in West Bengal have started the process of issuing e-prescriptions instead of hand-written instructions, officials said Monday.

The e-prescription format has been adopted by several departments of the SSKM Hospital - the state's largest referral hospital - along with the NRS Medical College and Hospital, MR Bangur Hospital and the Howrah General Hospital, official sources said.