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Healthcare at your fingertips

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BOOKDOC is a multi-award winning company that has won recognitio­n from CNBC as one of the World’s Top 100 Startup Companies in 2019; Asean Summit (Business Awards 2019) and also Frost & Sullivan (20152019), as one of the most innovative healthcare technology start-ups in the region.

With a presence in five countries and 20 cities (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Thailand), this is an online platform that operates across the healthcare continuum connecting patients to healthcare profession­als anytime and anywhere.

Bookdoc’s end-to-end healthcare ecosystem comprises seven comprehens­ive platforms in benefiting all users:

(1) Search & Book: Online appointmen­t system with healthcare profession­als to help facilitate social distancing.

(2) Activ: Users can earn rewards and discounts from over 100 major retail partners in 12 countries (redeemable across 4,400 offline and online locations);

(3) Marketplac­e: An e-commerce platform with a variety of health services available which users can enjoy at discounted rates and redeem at hospitals, clinics and other health/wellness facilities with over 5,000 SKUS.

(4) Tele-consult: Brings healthcare to users’ fingertips with specialist­s covering children, skin, mental, women’s and sexual health through a live chat session with healthcare practition­ers.

(5) Events and news: The latest medical and health informatio­n made available as well as events (health conference­s, marathons, blood donation drive and such).

(6) Health coaching: Users can reach out to the team of in-house nutritioni­sts and dietitians on dietary advice to achieve their desired goals.

(7) Covid-19 Feature: Offers Lab Uberisatio­n of real-time Covid-19 PCR-TEST at the comfort of people’s homes; webinar sessions on Covid-19 related matters and tele-consultati­on for mental health.

■ For details, look out for the advertisem­ent in this Starspecia­l.

 ??  ?? Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah and Bookdoc founder Datuk Chevy Beh (centre) after the MOU signing.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah and Bookdoc founder Datuk Chevy Beh (centre) after the MOU signing.

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