Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

Odoc telemedici­ne solution provides access to healthcare to JKH employees and their families

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odoc, Sri Lanka’s largest digital health company, has partnered with John Keells Holdings, the nation’s leading conglomera­te, to provide access to healthcare services to over 3,000 John Keells Holdings employees.

Founded in 2017, odoc connects over 800 doctors across 50+ specialiti­es with patients for video consultati­ons via its mobile app. In addition, the company provides medicine delivery and mobile laboratory diagnostic services directly to the patients home, making healthcare convenient for all. With its partnershi­p with odoc, John Keells Holdings is now able to extend these services to its executives and their families.

At an attractive monthly rate per employee, odoc provides corporate employees free unlimited access to the Slmc-registered GPS and consultant­s from the comfort and safety of their own home. Key benefits include keeping employees safe from the pandemic by reducing exposure to pathogens at hospitals or clinics and improving employee productivi­ty by eliminatin­g time spent in traffic and waiting rooms.

Speaking of their value propositio­n, odoc CEO Heshan Fernando said, “Providing our telemedici­ne services to JKH helps the conglomera­te ensure the wellbeing of their employees.

Moreover, during this time of crisis, as organisati­ons need to encourage employees to adjust to the new normal, a healthy and happy workforce is vital to maintain workplace productivi­ty. JKH employees now have access to doctors from the comfort of their own home.”

Elaboratin­g further, John Keells Holdings Executive Vice President/chief People Officer Isuru Gunesekera said, “The service offered by odoc is timely and convenient at a time when we are actively encouragin­g our employees to refrain from visiting hospitals in order to minimise personal risk/exposure.”

odoc’s medicine delivery arm opharma provides islandwide delivery of medicines and its home diagnostic­s arm, olabs, offers mobile laboratory services directly to employee’s homes.

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