Sehat Kahani
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| Industry | Telemedicine | ||
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| Founded | February 2017 | ||
| Headquarters | Karachi , | ||
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| Website | sehatkahani | ||
Sehat Kahani is a Pakistan-based telemedicine company.[1]
Sehat Kahani has a business model that responds to a societal circumstances in Pakistan whereby qualified women doctors are commonly prevented from working in hospitals.[2] They employ women doctors, who work from home, providing telehealth services to patients in rural parts of Pakistan that are short of qualified healthcare providers.[2]
Sehat Kahani is based in Karachi[3] and run by Dr. Iffat Zafar Aga and Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram.[4]
Sehat Kahani was in formed in February 2017 as a for-profit spin off of healthcare Startup company doctHERs.[3][1]
Nomenclature
Sehat Kahani is Urdu for "Story of Health."[3]
Services
Sehat Kahani delivers healthcare services in 35 rural clinics in Pakistan where female patients pay a fee to speak to women doctor via telemedicine.[2][4] Sehat Kahani has treated over one million patients.[5] In 2021 Sehat Kahani started a pilot program that expanded their work into 60 hospital Intensive care unit in Pakistan.[6]
Patients are met at clinics by a nurse, who does an initial examinations before passing patient care over to a doctor, that connects by digital video link.[3] In 2017, the Sehat Kahani network included 500 doctors, of which most are contractors and 30 are employees.[3] In 2020, another 100 doctors were added to the network.[7] Patients pay between 50 and 500 rupees per visit.[3]
Sehat Kahani was one of five winners of the Global 2021 We Empower United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Challenge.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 DW, Dawn com | (2018-03-24). "Sehat Kahani, a startup aiming to empower female doctors across Pakistan, raises $500,000 in seed funding". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Drones to digital: Asia, Africa find ways to plug COVID health gaps". Reuters. 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Bhattacharya, Ananya. "Pressured to give up their careers, Pakistan's "doctor-wives" are using tech to find work again". Quartz. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 CNN, Jacqui Palumbo. "These innovative designs are tackling taboo health issues for women". CNN. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ "E-health platform Sehat Kahani conducts breast cancer event". The Express Tribune. 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
- ↑ "Sehat Kahani launches 'Tele-ICU' to aid hospitals across Pakistan". The Express Tribune. 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
- ↑ "Engro & Sehat Kahani collaborate to promote quality healthcare". The Nation. 2020-05-24. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
- ↑ "Sehat Kahani CEO among five awardees for Global 2021 We Empower UN SDG Challenge". Daily Pakistan Global. 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
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