At Home Medical Services
There is no denying that we live in a changed world. When the fear of catching the virus rules above all else, the thought of having to visit a hospital can be quite daunting. The situation is worse for those who suffer from long-term and chronic illnesses. Regular check-ups and visits to the hospital are mandated in these cases, but sadly their illnesses act as co-morbidities, making them ripe for catching viruses. Fortunately, now there is an easy solution to this problem – the advent of trustworthy at-home medical equipment and service providers.
One such service at the forefront is Sanrai Med India. “We are a homecare company working directly with patients for oxygen and sleep therapy from our sixteen offices across India. Sanrai Med India started in 2008 with the goal of providing services and support to patients in the comfort of their homes following the western standard of care which did not exist in India at that time,” shares Amarpreet Rai, co-founder and global Director of Operations and Development at Sanrai.
Their most requested services include oxygen concentrators and accessories, CPAPs and other sleep related products, hospital ICU full face masks and helmets, neonatology products like breast pumps, homecare products like blood pressure monitors and pulse oximeters, as well as rehabilitation and mobility products like wheelchairs and patient lifters. They even have their own oxygen concentrator called ‘Oxypure’.
Since India’s population still has a long way to go in terms of accepting innovative healthcare solutions, the market is nascent and welcomes good industry players. Healthcare at home is cost effective and is known to have a high rate of success. Sanrai Med India prides itself on introducing the concept of hospital grade care at home for critical and chronic illnesses through innovative medical devices. From screening to diagnosing, through device based therapy to chronic disease management, they claim to cover it all.
“We are launching a diagnostics product offering in 2022. India’s home healthcare market is growing at eight percent per year, and the population is ageing faster than expected. Apart from selling hospital grade home care devices, we also hope to educate clinicians and give families the support they need when it comes to battling long term, chronic illnesses. Nobody is doing what Sanrai Med does on a global scale, which is making healthcare equitable and focusing on support. With sales in over 50 countries and over 100,000 patients directly served in India, we are adept at providing healthcare solutions,” shares Rai.
At-home medical services are best known for dealing with common health conditions like obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and sleep apnea. But Rai cautions that a high quality at-home healthcare provider is needed to guarantee continual access to oxygen. The same is true for sleep apnea. She goes on to say that premium at-home medical services should ensure that the patient is given the right treatment with accurate monitoring backed by a strong technical support system specially designed for healthcare at home.
Patients should look for providers that can answer their questions. They should make the patient feel as comfortable as possible with their diagnosis. Sanrai Med India’s services in particular, have been appreciated by one and all. Veteran actor Girish Karnad shares, “Inogen One G3 made my life easier and more convenient. Sanrai Med India provided great customer.
service and helped me whenever I needed it.” Sanker Halder, Founder President of MUKTI praises them for providing their life-saving oxygen concentrators to their organisation at a very reasonable rate during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rai signs off by highlighting a recent achievement of Sanrai Med India. She says, “We have won a grant from UK Aid through the Oxygen Co-Lab for Oxygen as a Service. Oxygen delivery in India is incredibly complicated because it’s a very large country with relatively poor infrastructure. The main way of delivering oxygen is by filling cylinders with oxygen and then delivering them to a hospital over roads or rail. When the cylinder runs out, someone collects it and provides a new filled cylinder. This is an incredibly complex system that relies on everything going right. We are developing an alternative to this system by actively trying different ideas in different parts of the country to find a model that is sustainable for a business and meets real needs on the ground. We aim to be the first organization in the world to solve this well-known problem in the next eighteen months.”
