Practo recently launched online consultations in 15 Indian languages to break the barrier between patients and doctors. If you'd like to be a part of Practo's growth journey in India's healthtech space, these job openings may be for you.
This development comes at a time when the
company recently announced its ‘Corporate Suraksha’, a corporate vaccination programme for companies across India. As a part of this initiative, corporates will be able to enlist their employees and their family members for COVID-19 vaccination.
“Over
500 corporates have expressed interest in joining the programme in the first phase. Practo will be setting up camps and working with its strong network of hospitals, vaccinators, and supply chain companies among others in the healthcare ecosystem, to initiate the drive. In the coming days, vaccination programmes will be run at hospitals while special camps will be set up at corporate offices in 30+ cities across the nation,” the company said in a statement.
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The COVID-19 outbreak has given the much-needed impetus to the Indian digital healthcare sector, especially to digital health companies. However, the question remains if the growing telehealth services are reaching remote areas of the country and ensuring seamless healthcare access to all.
According to a December 2020 report by the
Telemedicine Society of India (TSI) and healthtech giant Practo, non-metro cities recorded a
growth of 7X in online consultations between March and November 2020 compared to 2019. It also revealed that the metro to non-metro ratio for online consultations stood at 60:40 in 2020, as compared to 75:25 in 2019.
As the need for digital health services increase, telemedicine players are focusing on ensuring better reach in rural regions of India, boosting the growth of the industry. Chandigarh-based
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It took a pandemic to realize the potential of telemedicine and e-pharmacies as a technological revolution in the healthcare space. After years of being under a regulatory quagmire because of lobbying by brick-and-mortar pharmacies, the segment witnessed a massive shift as India went into a lockdown in March to curb the spread of covid-19.
There was a radical change on four fronts that prompted the adoption of these platforms, according to Prashant Tandon, 1MG founder and chief executive officer.
‘It’s under intense pressure that diamonds are formed’ – 25 quotes from India’s COVID-19 struggle
In this compilation, we present thought-provoking quotes from the week of December 21-28 that frame India’s battle with the coronavirus pandemic.
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In a short span of time, the digital health space has evolved and online consultations have become the spine of healthcare delivery systems globally. - Ashvini Goel, Telemedicine Society of India
Going forward, we have to learn to forget the bad memories for mental well-being and embrace a healthy lifestyle for overall fitness, as health is the only wealth. - Dolly Kumar, Cosmic Nutracos