Sehat Kahani

Sehat Kahani
IndustryTelemedicine
PredecessordoctHERs
Founded2017
FounderIffat Zafar Aga and Sara Saeed Khurram
HeadquartersKarachi, 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c "Drones to digital: Asia, Africa find ways to plug COVID health gaps". Reuters. 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Bhattacharya, Ananya (5 September 2017). "Pressured to give up their careers, Pakistan's "doctor-wives" are using tech to find work again". Quartz. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  4. ^ a b Jacqui Palumbo. "These innovative designs are tackling taboo health issues for women". CNN. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  5. ^ "E-health platform Sehat Kahani conducts breast cancer event". The Express Tribune. 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  6. ^ "Sehat Kahani launches 'Tele-ICU' to aid hospitals across Pakistan". The Express Tribune. 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  7. ^ "Engro & Sehat Kahani collaborate to promote quality healthcare". The Nation. 2020-05-24. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  8. ^ "Sehat Kahani CEO among five awardees for Global 2021 We Empower UN SDG Challenge". Daily Pakistan Global. 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2021-11-28.