Healthcare-tech startup MedECube that helps patients access emergency care, has raised $4 million in a Series A funding led by California-based VC firm Artiman Ventures, reports DealStreetAsia. MedECube primarily provides patients with customized healthcare solutions, allowing them to interact with doctors and experts from across the globe. The Gurgaon-based startup, founded by Dilpreet Brar, helps provide critical healthcare needs of a patient though a team of experts in its network. It works towards creating an appropriate treatment plan for patients who approach them. The company analyzes a patient’s existing medical documents/reports, and helps them by providing access to required healthcare from local as well as a global network of doctors, experts, and hospitals. Pre-travel services: The firm also focuses on both domestic and international clients. Its in-house doctors and experts evaluate a patient’s condition and share it among physicians under its network of hospitals. For example, patients consulting from outside India are provided with visa and air-travel arrangements once a treatment plan is generated. In some cases, MedECube keeps constant coordination between doctor and patient even after their consulting visit to India. Telemedicine is growing field: According to a report consolidated by Indian Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF), the private healthcare sector in India is emerging as a growing force, accounting for almost 74% of the country’s total healthcare expenditure. It also points out that the ‘Telemedicine’ industry, which allows the use of technology to provide remote clinical healthcare is ‘fast-emerging’. Similar developments in the healthcare industry: -In February, healthcare startup Dawailelo which helps people connect with medical…
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