Launched earlier this year, Practo’s vernacular language service has clocked 30% of the total number of teleconsultations on the platform in 2021.
A step toward breaking the language barrier in healthcare


Launched earlier this year, Practo’s vernacular language service has clocked 30% of the total number of teleconsultations on the platform in 2021.

Today, it has become imperative to look through several prisms to offer integrated healthcare experiences to both caregivers as well as patients.

What is driving the popularity of online consultations with veterinary doctors is the sheer convenience it offers.

A crucial ingredient in their journey is the coterie of people – including healthcare professionals – who enable them to thrive in their sport.

As the COVID-19 pandemic struck the country last year, the outcome of five years of labour at Practo slowly unfolded in the ensuing national lockdown period. Here’s the final part of that story.

In this story, we’ve attempted to chronicle the journey of Practo’s tech team as they enabled us to survive and thrive amid the pandemic.

Violence against doctors is not new, but this has increased during the pandemic. Can better communication between doctors and patients help align expectations, averting incidents like these in the future?

In celebration of the commitment of healthcare professionals amid the COVID-19 pandemic this Doctor’s Day, we reached out to a few doctors to understand their experience better. This blog post is an attempt to capture a small fraction of their daily struggles as they put their lives at risk to care for us.

