Mediczy, a healthcare
startup which offers app-based voice and video medical consultations, is aiming
for in its very first year of operations. And that too with only 600 doctors on
its panel.
While
that may seem a little ambitious at first glance, Mediczy has a ‘magic pill’
for that.
“We
intend to generate demand and match that demand with the number of doctors
needed. We are not a marketplace and so the number of doctors we want to
empanel is not that important for us,” says Suresh Chandrasekar, founder and
CEO, Mediczy.
Doozyfive Technologies Pvt Ltd, which runs the app, has 4,000
registered users and has received mass unique visitors on the site till now.
The healthcare startup currently charges a flat fee of as per doctor
requirements from patients. The startup, which had a soft launch late in 2015
recently looking funding of
$500,000 (Rs 3.31 crore) from angel investor/ Ventures capital firm.
The
Prescription
While
random patients will form part of its customer base, Mediczy is banking on its
B2B2C model to scale up its business via tie-ups with employers.
“We
have incorporated the PMPM (per member per month) approach wherein a company
will pay a very small fee and in return the employees will get a deep discount
on consultations.
Mediczy
is also in talks with some bigger companies and aims to have 100-200 clients on
board in the next one year.
A
face-to-face consultation with a doctor at a private hospital in a metro can
cost anything up to Rs 1000 in comparison.
Reading the pulse
Mediczy
has a panel of physicians, pediatricians, psychologists and nutritionists available
round the clock. Anyone having a sudden health issue or searching for a second
opinion can access doctors via the Mediczy app. Patients can connect to a
doctor instantly or schedule an appointment for a call/voice chat/video chat.
The fees can be paid via online payment channels Payumoney.
“Rising
mobile and internet penetration in India has made the market mature for
telemedicine in the country,” says Suresh.
