In conversation with Shreyans Mehta, Co-Founder – Sehat Sathi
How is Sehat Sathi making medical stores digital?
Sehat Sathi since 2017, enables Pharmacists from anywhere in India to register on the app, apps USP is that they deliver medicines in less than 2 hours anywhere in India. Every Verified Medical Store on the Sehat Sathi App gets visibility on their medicines & Health products and Aayu App users send orders to the Medical Stores from which medical stores get good earnings. SehatSathi offers the best deals and discounts to pharmacists, they also help in creating websites and business cards.
How is the Sehat Sathi and Aayu app different?
Medcords have built two applications for their services- “AAYU App” for patients and “SehatSathi App” for medical stores. For doctors, they have a unique Doctor web portal that helps them connect with patients, check their medical history, and provide easy consultation and follow-ups.
Through the AAYU App, users can avail teleconsultations from specialist doctors’ for their whole family, thus ensuring that there is a doctor in every Indian household and distance doesn’t come in the way of good health. This application also allows its users to order medicines from nearby medical stores and get them delivered to their doorstep in the quickest time. It also lets users store their important medical records like prescriptions and reports, and eliminates the hassle of maintaining easy-to-lose hard copies.
The Sehat Sathi App allows medical stores to receive medicine orders online and chat with the customer for easy processing of the said orders. With Sehat Sathi, the visibility of these medical shops gets a boost among the nearby users. It is also a source of additional income for them.
Sehat Sathi has partnered with D2C brands, state level pharma and FMCG distributors through which the medical store can procure wide range of items and maintain the variety at his store which increases his profitability, Sehat Sathi has option to take loan at attractive rates to maintain their credit cycle in a single tap. Adding the right tech to strengthen medical store business.
Through its integrated platforms, MedCords ensures that all the stakeholders in the healthcare setup are served well, and can benefit from its services. It has built a healthcare network by the Indians, for the Indians with 5000+ specialist doctors of 33 specialities and about 20000+ medical stores across India, where quality healthcare is available anytime, anywhere.
How many pharmacies have Sehat Sathi digitized as of now and what are the targets by the end of this year?
Three passionate innovators- Shreyans Mehta, Nikhil Baheti and Saida Dhanavath, took it upon themselves to start an initiative that could revolutionize the Indian healthcare setup. Their own experiences with an inefficient healthcare system prompted them to build up a platform that could change the way India looks at healthcare. And what better way than to do it through technology. After years of repeated efforts and sincere dedication, they built a healthcare ecosystem powered by AI and Big Data to solve the gaps in the Indian healthcare system. After extensive research spanning over 800 villages over a period of three years, MedCords was launched in 2017 in Kota, Rajasthan, and is the only tech-based organization that offers a complete healthcare ecosystem by connecting patients, doctors, pharmacies, and laboratories. Its main motive is to provide transparent, easy-to-use, and affordable healthcare to every nook & corner of India. It provides an all-in-one healthcare management system for its users, where they can consult with trusted doctors, reach out to nearby medical stores to get the medicines home-delivered, and securely store their medical records at one place. The platform has been widely adopted by the rapidly progressing semi-urban and rural markets of India and already boasts of serving more than 3.5 million users base from more than 2 million families spread across India.
What was the main aim behind this concept of Sehat Sathi?
The Sehat Sathi App allows medical stores to receive medicine orders online and chat with the customer for easy processing of the said orders. With Sehat Sathi, the visibility of these medical shops gets a boost among the nearby users. It is also a source of additional income for them..
Through its integrated platforms, it ensures that all the stakeholders in the healthcare setup are served well, and can benefit from its services. It has built a healthcare network by the Indians, for the Indians with 5000+ specialist doctors of 33 specialties and about 20000+ medical stores across India, where quality healthcare is available anytime, anywhere.
Challenges faced by the company as of now?
The company was built to address the last mile connectivity gaps between Healthcare & the People of Bharat, as there’s a lack of Healthcare in our country, especially in tier II & tier III cities. India is changing in all aspects and business and growth opportunities are now coming across Tier II and III cities. Allowing Healthcare services by growing local pharmacies online is generating employment opportunities and supporting livelihoods as these services are popular because of lack of regular healthcare infrastructure in these cities. Allowing use of local medical stores which are trustable and delivery is done by the medical store
What is the criteria to be fulfilled by the pharmacies in order to be registered under Sehat Sathi?
team is very particular about the whole process, the company does not approve the registration without a drug license and a government id proof, to register on the app. As soon as the pharmacies are done submitting their documents from the very next moment onwards the pharmacies can start taking orders through Sehat Sathi App. Sehat Sathi ensures hassle-free registration for its consumers.
