Delhi-based health-tech startup Desh Clinic has opened 100 Digitally Enabled Smart Health clinics in rural and semi-urban areas across India in 12 months since starting operations in July 2021. The clinics, located in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Bihar, and Jharkhand, comprise integrated telehealth service. They use digital technology and IoT-based devices to connect doctors in cities with patients in villages and small towns, helping solve the problem of healthcare access.
“We are on target to open 500 Desh clinics across India by December 2023 through the franchising route. Our next phase of growth will focus on the North-East where there is a huge unmet need for healthcare services. We aim to work with partners specialised in pathology, radiology and medicine supply, small hospitals, and ambulance providers to enable rural healthcare. A Desh clinic can be started with an investment of as little as Rs 10,000,” Said Ajay Sharma, Co-founder & COO, Desh Clinic.
Desh Clinic offers an ‘assisted tele-consultation’ model in which a trained paramedic stationed at each clinic assists the city-based doctor remotely examine patients and measure vital parameters.
“The clinics are physical-digital hybrid clinics with the required physical infrastructure and support systems, combined with smart, connected diagnostic devices and an app to support video / audio consultation with doctors who may be located hundreds of miles away. The company has created a customised solution with PoC devices that can perform almost all the basic tests required on a patient,” the company informed in a press statement.
Source: bwhealthcareworld.businessworld
