HEALTH ON CALL
Yash Shah, 24, eSwasthya
Be it a blood test, a facial or vitamin supplements, it all comes to your doorstep at the click of a key on the eSwasthya app. Launched by Ahmedabad-based entrepreneur Yash Shah in August 2014, the mobile app brings medical, healthcare and wellness products and services to your house, making health facilities more accessible and affordable.
“Most focus only on medicines but we have even healthcare, salon and spa on our app. We have all the licenses to sell prescription medicines on the app,” says Shah, a computer engineer from the Gujarat Technology University. Upload your doctor’s prescription on the app and a pharmacist will call to confirm the order before it reaches your doorstep within a maximum of 48 hours. The app also has physiotherapy services, contacts of nurses, medical equipment and pathological tests. For various services, eSwasthya collaborates with noted local partners such as VLCC, Thyrocare, Indian Oil Corporation Limited and PVR.
FUTURISTIC HEALTHCARE A revolutionary initiative that promises to change the face of healthcare for lower income groups and rural areas is an ATM-cumdiagnostic machine that eSwasthya will launch by end of August. The pilot project will be installed at the Kalupur Railway station where people can buy over 700 categories of medicines by inserting cash or swiping a card. The first-of-itskind machine, which is being made in Bangalore, has plug-ins that can conduct five quick tests to measure blood pressure, sugar, BMI, blood count and an eye check-up for Rs 20. Within the next few months, Shah plans to take this machine to more railway stations, townships and 20 villages in collaboration with the state government. In rural areas, the machine will enable patients to consult doctors in cities and even offer 12 free of cost checkups for people. “This will be a revolutionary step to link rural areas with cities for healthcare upgradation and make medical care cost effective and accessible,” says Shah. AT eswasthya.in