Company:Sehat Kahani
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| Industry | Telemedicine |
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| Predecessor | doctHERs |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Founder | Iffat Zafar Aga and Sara Saeed Khurram |
| Headquarters | Karachi, Pakistan |
Sehat Kahani is a Pakistan-based telemedicine company.[1]
Background
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 tele-health services to patients in rural parts of Pakistan that are short of qualified healthcare providers.[2]
Nomenclature
Sehat Kahani is Urdu for "Story of Health."[3]
Organization
Sehat Kahani is based in Karachi[3] and run by Iffat Zafar Aga M.D. and Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram M.D.[4]
Sehat Kahani was in formed in February 2017 as a for-profit spin off of healthcare startup docters.[3][1]
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 units 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 with support of private donors 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 Goal 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" (in en). https://www.dawn.com/news/1396670.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Drones to digital: Asia, Africa find ways to plug COVID health gaps" (in en). Reuters. 2021-05-20. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-covid-social-enterprises-idUSKCN2D105N.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Bhattacharya, Ananya (5 September 2017). "Pressured to give up their careers, Pakistan's "doctor-wives" are using tech to find work again" (in en). https://qz.com/india/1064758/sehat-kahani-pressured-to-give-up-their-careers-pakistans-doctor-wives-are-using-tech-to-find-work-again/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jacqui Palumbo. "These innovative designs are tackling taboo health issues for women" (in en). https://www.cnn.com/style/article/index-awards-2021-finalists-womens-health/index.html.
- ↑ "E-health platform Sehat Kahani conducts breast cancer event" (in en). 2021-10-31. http://tribune.com.pk/story/2327195/e-health-platform-sehat-kahani-conducts-breast-cancer-event.
- ↑ "Sehat Kahani launches 'Tele-ICU' to aid hospitals across Pakistan" (in en). 2020-10-22. http://tribune.com.pk/story/2269494/sehat-kahani-launches-tele-icu-to-aid-hospitals-across-pakistan.
- ↑ "Engro & Sehat Kahani collaborate to promote quality healthcare" (in en). 2020-05-24. https://nation.com.pk/24-May-2020/engro-sehat-kahani-collaborate-to-promote-quality-healthcare.
- ↑ "Sehat Kahani CEO among five awardees for Global 2021 We Empower UN SDG Challenge" (in en). 2021-07-19. https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/19-Jul-2021/sehat-kahani-ceo-among-five-awardees-for-global-2021-we-empower-un-sdg-challenge.
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