‘Human-centred design is now humanity-centred design’ – 25 quotes from India’s COVID-19 struggle
In this compilation, we present thought-provoking quotes from the week of February 22-28 that frame India’s battle with the coronavirus pandemic.
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The pandemic is building a different world filled with complexities yet brimming with opportunities. - Daisy Chittilapilly, Cisco
If 2020 was a year of disruption and transition for businesses, 2021 will be the year of continued evolution. - Nikhil Arora, GoDaddy
As the lockdown restrictions are progressively being eased off and the COVID-19 vaccination drive has kicked off, we are already witnessing early signs of a recovery. - Atul Shinghal, Scripbox
Janaka Wickramasinghe (Chief Medical Officer)
, and Ashik Bari (COO), oDoc connects patients with doctors for video consultations and fulfils home diagnostics and medicine delivery.
Based in Sri Lanka, the app also provides a plug-and-play telemedicine solution for users. oDoc operates on two models:
pay as you go and
subscription. The subscription model starts at Rs 70 per user per month for corporate entities and the pay-as-you-go model starts at Rs 499 per consultation.
The company claims to have witnessed five times growth in revenues in 2020, while maintaining healthy unit economics. This growth was fuelled by the pandemic, which was a watershed for the global telemedicine industry, the founders said in a press release. oDoc saw mass adoption across both patients and practitioners, with telemedicine being the only option for non-urgent healthcare during the lockdown.