With increasing health issues everywhere, the facility of proper healthcare centers has become absolutely necessary. India as a country doesn’t want to lag behind this competition. The Indian government is also planning to contribute around 2.5 percent of the GDP in its healthcare sector. Many healthcare start-ups in India are also trying to contribute significantly to India’s healthcare sector. Here is a list of 7 such start-ups.
- Advancells
Advancells was started way back in 2013 by Vipul Jain in Noida. It provides high-quality stem cell therapies at affordable prices. This will be considered the next significant breakthrough in organ transplantation. At present, about 55 hospitals are using the therapies introduced by Advancells.
- Portea
A healthcare start-up located in Bengaluru, Portea provides you healthcare services at your doorstep. Nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, and technicians are all a part of their team. Medical practitioners use monitoring tools, remote diagnostics, and point-of-care devices to monitor patients unable to visit hospitals. The usage of EMR platforms and smartphones makes the task even easier. It is running across 21 cities presently and started in 2013.
- MUrgency
MUrgency is basically a mobile-based application that provides medical assistance from qualified rescue, safety, and medical professionals. As a supplier, MUrgency provides emergent medical services as well. First-aid assistants, ambulances, paramedics, doctors, and nurses are a part of these services.
- Practo
Practo started all the way in 2007 as a SaaS platform and now operates as a comprehensive healthcare center. Their services include online medicine ordering, appointments, medical consultations, and maintenance of health records. It is currently running in 38 cities in India and across Indonesia and Singapore. Surprisingly, Practo started its journey with only 1500 people. They are also running their businesses in places like Brazil and Philippines. At present, Practo serves 25 million people every year.
- Niramai
This Bangalore-based start-up provides painless breast cancer screening through Artificial Intelligence. The screening device of Niramai can detect tumours which are five times smaller as compared to a clinic’s diagnosis. By using big data analytics and machine learning, they are making their diagnosis methodology as affordable as possible.
6. Lybrate
Lybrate was started by Mr. Rahul Narang and Saurabh Arora all the way in 2013 in Delhi. It helps patients find doctors close to their location by connecting each other immediately. It connects the patient with a network of doctors without hampering their identity. Around 100000 doctors are working with Lybrate at the moment. Their services are available through appointments and phones.
7. LiveHealth
LiveHealth started all the way in Pune in 2013 as a Management Information System. Managing patient records, collecting samples, and their subsequent diagnosis, generating records, inventory and billing are the unique services they provide. Besides, it uses AI to process tons of ERP transactions and medical reports. The chief objective of LiveHealth is basically to assist patients and doctors in making uniform decisions alike.
Final thoughts!
So, these were the top 7 healthcare start-ups in India at present. These organizations are sincerely doing their bits to help the healthcare sector flourish.
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