With 3400+ confirmed Monkeypox cases across 58 counties, the World Health Network declared Monkeypox as a pandemic on June 23, 2022. This announcement was intended to drive concerted global action to stop the spread, control the outbreak with timely effort, prevent grave consequences and improve awareness about symptoms, testing, contact tracing and quarantine. Otherwise endemic …
~As late-night consultations during the pandemic increased by 350%, doctors spent an average of 1.5 hours between 12 AM to 5 AM Practo highlights the selfless services of doctors during the COVID-19 waves in observance of Doctor’s Day ~ In the last two years coronavirus brought the world to its knees, and the largest impact …
Haemorrhoidal disease is one of the most common anorectal conditions encountered in daily practice by general practitioners, general surgeons, and gastrointestinal surgeons in India. It has been projected that about 50% of the population would have haemorrhoids at some point in their life, probably by the time they reach the age of 50, and approximately …
Nearly 40% of all online cardiology related consults were from men living in non-metros India, June 15, 2022: According to the Indian Heart Association, 50% of all heart attacks in Indian men occur under 50 years of age and 25% of all heart attacks in Indian men occur under 40 years of age. In the …
Tech maven Amit joins Practo with 20 years of work experience with brands such as Bigbasket, Ola, Oracle, Yahoo and Microsoft India, Bengaluru, 6th June 2022: Practo, India’s leading integrated healthcare company announced the appointment of Amit Kumar Verma as Head of Engineering (SVP), Consumer Business. The appointment comes at a time when Practo is …
Practo, India’s leading integrated healthcare company, reported a 188% revenue growth in its Annual Letter FY 2021 – 22 with each business segment reporting more than 100% growth. In the last year, we served close to 17 crore patients with the support of 1 lakh+ doctor partners.This includes over 8 crore people from non-metro cities, …
Over the last decade, India has been on the cusp of a major digital transformation. Fuelled by ‘Digital India’, a flagship programme which envisions transforming India into a digitally empowered country, the number of internet users in India has doubled to over 765 million in the last 5 years alone, making it clear that the …
As we inch closer to marking 14 years of embarking on a remarkable journey with Practo, we have more reasons to celebrate. We have been fortunate to have a string of exceptional people help us build access to quality care, but one stood out from the rest. In fact, Siddharth Nihalani has remained committed to …
Between painful abdominal spasms, Jayshree Salunke, a 62-year-old woman, consults a doctor online as her son props up the phone to get a better view of where she’s pointing. “The pain usually begins here and worsens if I move around. Since it usually subsides after medication, I’ve never felt the need to get it checked …
In the last two years, digital healthcare has played an important role in managing the Covid-19 pandemic. In managing the crisis – especially through all three waves in India – there has been tremendous growth in telemedicine, raising the possibility of a future where digital healthcare services will coexist with in-clinic visits in a hybrid …