Meghalaya is India’s first state to use drones for delivering medicines, cutting delivery times from hours to minutes, and improving healthcare in remote areas.
Dr Sumitra Meena, a paediatrician who grew up in a Rajasthan village has built Babynama, a digital paediatric care platform that provides 24/7 support for parents through calls and WhatsApp.
Akanksh Tandon launched DigiQure to improve rural healthcare by offering teleconsultations at Re 1. It has served over 20,000 people in rural Madhya Pradesh.
Jaipur-based Manish Prahlad runs Verdant Impact — a startup offering telemedicine, animal ICU, and other veterinary services to farmers to improve livestock healthcare in India.
Bayer Foundation India (BFI) has set up 28 ‘Phygital’ telemedicine centres in villages of 8 states to provide easy access to quality medical care. It is also conducting health camps for early diagnosis of breast cancer, hypertension and diabetes.
Priyadarshi Mahapatra quit his job at Google to launch CureBay, a healthcare startup that delivers affordable care right at the doorsteps of people living in Odisha’s most backward regions. He shares why he started this endeavour.
After a life-changing accident Ayush Mishra from Uttar Pradesh launch a telemedicine startup Tattvan E-clinic to connect residents of small cities to doctors in India's biggest hospitals.
While telemedicine was launched years ago, doctors have been apprehensive to use it because of legal issues. Where do we stand when it comes to telemedicine for mental health?