MediBuddy acquires Clinix, plans to make healthcare accessible for rural India
Aims to extend its online doctor consultation services to rural segments
MediBuddy, India’s largest Digital Healthcare platform today announced that it has acquired Clinix, an online doctor consultation platform specializing in rural India. Clinix has a widespread network across 20 tier 3 & 4 cities, catering to the healthcare needs of the rural population. MediBuddy’s acquisition of Clinix will help them to further scale their operations and expand services to the interiors in rural India and make quality healthcare within reach to scores of people.
The rural population often encounters several difficulties with regards to sound tech infrastructure in place, doctor-to-patient ratio, technical know-how, internet penetration, online payments systems, etc to avail of quality healthcare facilities. Language also plays a major barrier in rural areas. Clinix has set up a system of training and empowering locals by teaching them the booking procedures for online doctor consultations. In addition, they have put up kiosks in several localities which essentially functions as an e-clinic, where individuals can consult a doctor online for their primary healthcare needs with the help of the facilitator.
Commenting on the acquisition, Satish Kannan, Co-Founder, and CEO at MediBuddy, “We see our acquisition of Clinix as a significant step forward in our aim to provide quality healthcare made accessible to every Indian. Clinix has a wide presence in the rural areas and with our network and infra-tech support, we aim to further expand our reach and services and achieve our goal of covering a large section of the population, who have limited access to quality healthcare solutions.”
Aravind Dhulipala, Co-founder and CEO of Clinix, “In India, the doctor-patient ratio is very skewed and when you compare it to rural India it becomes even lesser. MediBuddy’s advanced technology and extensive network will go a long way in helping us cover a wider range of population and bridge the urban-rural divide in terms of quality healthcare solutions.”
MediBuddy has always been at the forefront of India’s digital healthcare transformation. The digital healthcare platform has a partner network of over 90,000 doctors, 7,000 hospitals, 3000 diagnostic centers, 2,500 pharmacies & 1,800-members team. It has created an integrated ecosystem that offers patients several healthcare services in 16 Indian languages to enable user-friendly consultation to people in tier2&3 cities that they can seamlessly access anytime and anywhere. MediBuddy offers online doctor consultations, medicine delivery, lab tests at home, mental health consultations, and many more services.