Kerala-based startup ‘Mykare Health’ was founded by Senu Sam, Rahmathulla T M, and Joash Philipose with the aim of building India’s largest affordable healthcare network.
Bengaluru's Ajayan Namminipurthu started Sanathya Foundation to provide free medical equipment, such as wheelchairs and nebulisers, to people who cannot afford to buy new ones.
Looking for monitors for elderly with dementia? Hemesh Chadalavada from Hyderabad has created Alpha Monitor, a wearable device that helps caregivers monitor patients with dementia and Alzheimer's...
An ITC Fiama survey on mental health shows 80% of Indians trust their parents to back them in seeking therapy, signalling a change in how its perceived by Gen Z, millennials, and their parents.
In 2016, Shilpa Datla lost her mother to cancer due to medical negligence. Instead of staying quiet, she moved the court against the doctor. She shares five ways to fight a legal battle in medica...
Padma Shri Dr Arunoday Mondal, a 70-year-old doctor, travels 160 km to Sundarbans every weekend to run his free clinic 'Sujan'. He has been treating over 12,000 patients every year for the past 2...
After seeing a patient struggle to afford surgery in India, Dr Sudhir Srivastava decided to pause his practice. He invested his savings to develop a made-in-India surgical robot SSI Mantra, which...
Pune resident Ketaki Jani was diagnosed with alopecia causing her to lose hair. Despite many hurdles, today, she participates in numerous beauty pageants across India. Her baldness, which once st...
Padma Shri Dr Arunoday Mondal treats over 12,000 patients in the Sunderbans for free every year. He travels 160 km from Kolkata every weekend to run his Sujan clinic.
Leaving his practice, Dr Sudhir Srivastava invested his own money to build the SSI Mantra surgical robot after seeing a patient struggle to afford a vital surgery.
Bayer Foundation India (BFI) has set up 28 ‘Phygital’ telemedicine centres in villages of 8 states to provide easy access to quality medical care. It is also conducting health camps for early...
Unsung heroes Dr Sadanand Raut and his wife Pallavi Raut of Narayangaon have saved the lives of 6,000 snakebite victims in rural Maharashtra.
An IIT Guwahati team, led by Professor Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, has developed a device that detects the glycemic index in food items in minutes. This will help diabetics manage their blood sugar l...
Late detection remains a primary contributor to the high mortality rate associated with cancer in women. Here are five remarkable initiatives that can significantly aid women in their battle agai...
Battled depression, obesity, diabetes and a toxic marriage, Mugdha Pradhan finally found joy in healing others through functional medicine, after it worked for her.
Aditya Chaudhury has scaled success when it comes to his innovations. He is now building a platform that helps other student innovators with the same.
Dr Anoop Kumar AS, critical care specialist in Kozhikode, was part of the teams that were able to diagnose Nipah virus with their quick thinking and swift action.
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Dr Swaminathan C from Madurai is running a programme called 'Doctors on Wheels', which brings affordable and easy-to-reach healthcare to many elderly people in the city. Here is how the initiativ...
Developed by Prasad Phadke and his team based out of Ahmedabad, the Eco BioTrap is a 'Made in India' device, which is more affordable than electric vapourisers, mosquito repellents, and coils. It...
Madurai-based Dr Swaminathan C runs a Doctors on Wheel programme to take affordable and accessible healthcare to thousands of senior citizens in the city. He shares why he left his life in Canada...
Gautam Yadav, who was diagnosed with HIV in 2009, has been working to fight the stigma and myths associated with the illness for 15 years. He narrates his life as a PLHIV, and what he wishes peop...
Sri Harsha, along with Sharath Chandra and Nirali Parikh, co-founded ‘Hypothalamus’ to address the healthcare gap in the food industry. They provide health-focused meal delivery service for p...
Madurai’s Senthil Kumar started JioVio Healthcare, which provides early risk monitoring for pregnant women in rural India. So far, he has catered to 30 lakh women in Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnat...
After her 9-year-old brother was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, Divaa Uthkarsha (15) started Project Surya to support underprivileged children with the same condition.
Eliminating digital devices from children’s lives seems near impossible as the world increasingly moves online, but Dr Umang Mathur shares six ways we can mitigate the damage of excessive scree...
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Dr Sabapathy S and professor Anup K Ghosh, two material scientists in IIT Delhi, have developed the Celligo BioSAP, an all-natural insert for sanitary pads that are super-absorbent and eco-friend...
Noida-based Rahul and Neha Rastogi founded Agatsa Software and developed a pocket-sized portable ECG machine called SanketLife 2.0. It can detect cardiac symptoms in just one ECG, and the informa...
Chennai-based Hari Subramaniam had to make multiple rounds to the hospital while battling cancer. His observations led him to innovate the iMS biosensor, a wireless alerting system, as part of hi...
To improve primary healthcare services in rural areas, Akanksh Tandon launched DigiQure, which provides teleconsultations at Re 1. He claims to have catered to over 20,000 people in rural Madhya ...
Set up by former Army doctor Dr Sunil Kaul and his partner Jennifer Liang, Mental Illness Treatment Alliance (MITA) has helped thousands in rural Northeast India access affordable mental healthca...
After losing his housemaid to cervical cancer and realising the gap in the early detection, adoption, and access to available tests, Anirban Palit developed a device called Cervicheck that helps ...
After her son was diagnosed with epilepsy, Rajlakshmi Borthakur began ideating and came up with a glove-like device capable of predicting epileptic attacks called ‘T Jay’. Her innovation was ...
Engineer Nitesh Kumar Jangi, who won the Infosys Foundation’s Aarohan Social Innovation Awards in 2019, explains what inspired him to build Saans, an oxygen device that aims to prevent prematur...
Refuting a viral video that said chewing ginger and garlic till you cry helps alleviate pain during a heart attack, cardiologist Dr Deepak Krishnamurthy tells why this is "utter nonsense".
Bengaluru's Arun Agarwal launched Janitri, a healthcare brand, and built a device that monitors the vitals of pregnant women and unborn babies. He recently bagged a deal of Rs 1 crore on Shark Ta...
Ajinkya Dhariya from Pune says Infosys Foundation’s Aarohan Social Innovation Awards gave him the means to scale his innovation Pad Care Labs, a venture that sustainably disposes off sanitary p...
Priyadarshi Mahapatra quit his job at Google to launch CureBay, a healthcare startup that delivers affordable care right at the doorsteps of people living in Odisha’s most backward regions. He ...
Uttarakhand resident and former transplant patient Abhinav Pangtey shares his ordeal with organ donation due to the prevailing misconceptions around it, and how he’s aiming to spread awareness ...
Mumbai resident Jayashree Ratan set out to create crocheted prostheses for breast cancer survivors. Her organisation Saaisha India has distributed 5,700 such prostheses for free so far.
Prabhdeep Singh, CEO and co-founder of StanPlus, has established a seamless medical service network across five cities in India, and they’re working on further reducing the response time to eig...
Microbiologist and researcher Dr Gagandeep Kang addresses the fear of a perceived threat to India due to rising COVID cases in China. FAQs answered!
Ram Malampati, a software professional from Bengaluru was diagnosed with fatty liver and high cholesterol levels at an annual office health checkup. Here’s how he reduced his weight from 102 kg...
Researcher Geetha Manjunath quit her job to launch Thermalytix, an AI solution that offers a radiation free and non invasive way to detect breast cancer in women.
Denied jobs and education because he came from the Ezhava caste community, Dr Padmanabhan Palpu fought many roadblocks to play a pivotal role in containing the plague in Bangalore, while dedicati...
Delhi resident Akash Gusain shares how a trip to his hometown and a fatty liver diagnosis that came out of the blue pushed him to turn things around and lose weight.
As the WHO raised an alert for cough syrups manufactured in India that led to the death of 69 children in The Gambia, authors Dinesh Thakur and Prashant Reddy discuss their years-long crusade to ...
Dr Ganesh Babu, medical officer at a PHC in Chhattisgarh, is using mobile phones as an incentive for pregnant village women to access timely healthcare.
With the release of Doctor G, we speak to Dr Yuvraj Jadeja, a fertility specialist, to understand what it’s like to be a male gynaecologist in India, and why he encourages patients to look beyo...
Called Saheli, the world’s first non-steroidal contraceptive pill was developed by Dr Nitya Anand and his team at Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI). Here's how it played a pivotal role in ...
Dr Dhruv Joshi and Dr Dileep Raman through their platform Cloudphysician provide intensive care to patients in ICUs through a remote system. Here’s how it works.
Matilda Kullu is an ASHA worker from Odisha’s Sundargarh district. She is the only ASHA worker from India to be mentioned third on the Forbes W-Power 2021 list.
Delhi-based lawyer Jasmine George is spreading awareness around sexual and reproductive health rights of women while ensuring access to safe abortions for those living in Tier-II and Tier-III cit...
Sisters Shobhita and Shashwata Narain started Veera Health, a digital platform that aims to provide holistic and evidence-based solutions to women suffering from PCOS.
Living with undiagnosed Endometriosis for years had rendered Deepali Raina miserable and unable to carry on with regular life. She recalls some things she did to pull herself out of the rut, and ...
Worried about expensive medicine bills? Helping save up to 80% on each prescription, startup Dawa Dost has already reached over 3 million Indian consumers.
Dr Chandril Chugh, a Delhi-based neurologist, says that in a way, what he does is a “selfish endeavour”. He spent around 11 years living in the US and setting up
On Thursday, India recorded its first case of Monkeypox in Kerala. The case was reported in a traveler from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who arrived in the state on
For the past 12 years, Bhargav Sri Prakash and his team at FriendsLearn — a bio and health tech startup with offices in Chennai and San Francisco — have envisioned
On #NationalDoctorsDay, this gynaecologist is asking her peers to do away with the stigma and taboo around pre-marital sex. Also, find a list of crowdsourced list of non-judgemental gynaecologist...
“Right to life means something more than survival or animal existence. It would include the right to live with human dignity,” one such judgement read.
This article has been sponsored by Uber. It was an ordinary day for Akash Gaikwad. A Mumbai police constable from the Local Arms Division-2, he was reporting for his regular
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In the pandemic era, Lakadong turmeric is having quite a moment, with chefs and scientists both swearing by its high curcumin content. #FoodSecrets #Meghalaya #IncredibleIndia
ENT surgeon and standup comedian Dr Jagdish Chaturvedi has several medical innovations to his name, which are low-cost and easy to use to make healthcare accessible in rural areas.
Frozen Ramphal yogurt and Ramphal rabdi are relished delicacies in many parts of north India. Have you tried this unique Indian fruit yet?
Being used in 40 hospitals across India, the device helps prevent loss of lives due to a severe condition in newborn babies.
And it’s not just diabetes -- the powder has a host of other health benefits as well. Here’s a variety of easily available powders you can choose from.
Parineeti Chopra recently shared the recipe of the go-to drink that she starts her mornings with, and it contains ajwain for an important health benefit.
Quinoa might be the talk of the town these days, but the humble millet has been an integral part of the Indian diet for centuries! Here are all the ways this superfood is good for you -- plus, de...
“How can a poor man who lives and sleeps on the footpath afford costly medicines?” asks Omkar, who walks the streets of Delhi all by himself every day, and collects medicines worth Rs 5-6 lak...
A caravan of shepherds passes through a village. Suddenly, they pause, and a woman hops off her mule, while two others stand around her. They hold up two ends of
Turns out, soaking almonds and pulses isn’t just to make the cooking process easier. Here are all the ways in which this simple act can offer a host of health benefits.
If business entities in India can deliver groceries in 10 minutes, shouldn’t they be able to deliver the same for medical emergencies? Prabhdeep Singh, CEO and co-founder of StanPlus, which
Bengaluru-based Leucine Rich Bio Pvt Ltd developed BugSpeaks — a kit that analyses microbiomes in the human intestine and provides recommendations to re-balance the gut microbiome.
It accurately measure 6 key body vitals- blood glucose, ECG, heart rate, blood pressure, SPo2, and temperature! #Innovation #MedTech
Born to Indian immigrant parents in Rochester, New York, Annika Dhariwal (17) says the early years of her childhood were spent shuttling between the United States and Chandigarh, Punjab. Besides
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An indispensable spice in Indian kitchens, elaichi is even believed to improve life expectancy. Here's what experts say.
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Over the years, the reports of doctors cheating patients or charging exorbitant fees for medical care have increased. Many incidents also came to light during the start of the COVID-19
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There have been several instances in the past seven years when Germany-based Michelle George (28), originally from Kerala and now pursuing a master’s degree in neuroscience, has dropped out of
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From being ridiculed in her childhood for wearing her mother’s saris, to being forced into sex work and abused by a family member, Amruta Alpesh Soni’s (38) journey has been
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In 2014, one-and-a-half year old Rukhsar Khatoon unwittingly became a symbol of India’s arduous fight against—and eventual victory over—polio. The little girl, a resident of Howrah district...
“If you look at the general population, only 30% has been fully vaccinated,” begins Shiv Kumar, a man who has taken on the task of vaccinating those on the peripheries
“It started off, as all good things do, at an Indian wedding…” Chennai-based Vidhan Bhaiya (23) was inspired to launch Dr Brinsley, a homegrown venture manufacturing diabetic footwear, afte...
A gluten-free powerhouse, arrowroot has long been advocated for by grandmothers to boost a newborn’s health, improve gut health, help control diabetes, weight loss, and more.
Health agencies across India are on alert after at least 13 confirmed cases of Norovirus have been recorded in Kerala’s Wayanad district. The disease was first reported in some students
According to researchers, there is only one FDA-approved drug available for liver cancer treatment whose effectiveness is much lower than Manathakkali.
This article has been sponsored by Facebook ”For Shridhar and I, Diwali was always big. It is a time when we reflect on both our Tamilian and Marathi cultures. Shridhar
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Known as the poor man’s staple food, Bajra (pearl millets) is making an aggressive comeback in the Indian market. This grain has lately managed to catch the attention of health-conscious
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When you think about healthcare, your mind often thinks of doctors and nurses. What you probably don’t think about are the medical lab technicians (MLTs), operating theatre technicians (OTTs), ...
In 2017, Saiprasad Proyarekar (31), a resident of Mumbai, got an opportunity at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay’s (IIT-B) Biomedical Engineering and Technology Innovation Centre to w...
In early 2021, Meher Roy was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukaemia (ALL) in the nick of time by a routine standard blood test- the Complete Blood Count (CBC). ALL is
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India reports 77,000 cases of oral cancer every year. An estimated five people die from the disease every hour. This accounts for one-fourth of global incidences and these numbers have
From diabetic and potential elderly cataract patients to premature infants, 3nethra developed by Bengaluru-based Kuppuswamy Chandrasekhar's Forus Health, diagnoses eye diseases within five minute...
Like all ’90s kids in India, I too grew up watching the popular dance show called ‘Boogie Woogie’ and aspired to be on that stage. I would love to dance
MiraCradle, a device to treat asphyxia, has been developed by Pluss Advanced Technologies, a Gurugram-based company and Dr Niranjan Thomas. It is a low-cost innovation to treat newborns with this...
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You may call it by many names—panta bhaat, geel bhaat, pazhaya sadham or pakhala bhaat—this local soul food has dominated home kitchens pan India. Made with love for centuries, the
A Beijing-based veterinary surgeon was found to be infected with the virus after dissecting two dead monkeys in March 2021. He eventually died on 27 May 2021.
In Goa, a tiny island named Santo Estêvão or St Estevam was once a thriving land for growing delicious okra. Also known as Juvem, the island was once called Shakecho
In July 2020, two villagers from a nomadic tribe in remote Mangaon from the Pune district of Maharashtra were diagnosed with COVID-19. A few days after recovery, they moved away