Health Care

Kerala-based startup ‘Mykare Health’ was founded by Senu Sam, Rahmathulla T M, and Joash Philipose with the aim of building India’s largest affordable healthcare network.

Bengaluru's Ajayan Namminipurthu started Sanathya Foundation to provide free medical equipment, such as wheelchairs and nebulisers, to people who cannot afford to buy new ones.

Looking for monitors for elderly with dementia? Hemesh Chadalavada from Hyderabad has created Alpha Monitor, a wearable device that helps caregivers monitor patients with dementia and Alzheimer's.

An ITC Fiama survey on mental health shows 80% of Indians trust their parents to back them in seeking therapy, signalling a change in how its perceived by Gen Z, millennials, and their parents.

In 2016, Shilpa Datla lost her mother to cancer due to medical negligence. Instead of staying quiet, she moved the court against the doctor. She shares five ways to fight a legal battle in medical negligence cases.

Padma Shri Dr Arunoday Mondal, a 70-year-old doctor, travels 160 km to Sundarbans every weekend to run his free clinic 'Sujan'. He has been treating over 12,000 patients every year for the past 23 years.

After seeing a patient struggle to afford surgery in India, Dr Sudhir Srivastava decided to pause his practice. He invested his savings to develop a made-in-India surgical robot SSI Mantra, which has made surgeries cheaper in India.

Pune resident Ketaki Jani was diagnosed with alopecia causing her to lose hair. Despite many hurdles, today, she participates in numerous beauty pageants across India. Her baldness, which once stopped her, is now her biggest driving force.

Padma Shri Dr Arunoday Mondal treats over 12,000 patients in the Sunderbans for free every year. He travels 160 km from Kolkata every weekend to run his Sujan clinic.

Leaving his practice, Dr Sudhir Srivastava invested his own money to build the SSI Mantra surgical robot after seeing a patient struggle to afford a vital surgery.