Practo forays into secondary healthcare with the launch of Practo Care Surgeries

Hyderabad Practo, a leading health care platform has launched over 50 Practo Care Surgery Experience Centres in six key cities of Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, and Ahmedabad, marking its foray into secondary care in India.

Together, in partnership with its trusted network of doctors, clinics, and hospitals, the platform is building an omnichannel healthcare ecosystem for secondary care procedures, that will enable users to seamlessly cross over between digital and physical, and outpatient to in-patient environments. Over the past three months, Practo Care Surgeries has facilitated consultations with over 5000 patients for secondary surgeries and has onboarded over 200 surgeons in its partner network.

Currently, it is helping to fulfil over 50 surgical procedures across three specialties viz. General Surgery, Urology, and ENT, in six cities. The company plans to expand its network to over 30 cities, launch over 300 centers, add more specialties and onboard hundreds of surgeons by the end of next year.

Practo Care Surgeries builds on the same three pillars that are core to Practo - Quality, Affordability, and Accessibility. Each Practo Care surgeon comes with at least 10 years of experience. The model places an equal emphasis on audit as a tool to improve the quality and efficiency of care provided to the patients. The platform's smart technology enables a team of medical experts to monitor the entire digital trail and review each prescription to ensure the best quality of care is delivered.

The company plans to facilitate 1000 cr worth of healthcare financing in India over the next three years. Packed with a range of benefits, it's healthcare financing options like patient loans are making the process affordable for patients. Additionally, its partnership with insurance companies is bringing in the much-needed convenience in paperwork support. And with further expansion across tier-2 and tier-3 towns and cities, it is making quality healthcare more accessible for Indians across the length and breadth of the country.

"So far, we've been helping patients connect with doctors, both digitally and in person. This launch is a natural next step to address the need and demand for a seamless, convenient, and end-to-end delivery experience in secondary care," says Shashank ND, Co-founder, and CEO, Practo.

"Over the years, we've clearly expressed our conviction to make quality healthcare accessible and affordable for over billion Indians, and Practo Care Surgeries forms an integral part of this mission," he adds.

Dr Alexander Kuruvilla, Chief Healthcare Strategy Officer, Practo, said: "A large volume of crucial surgeries like haemorrhoidectomies, hernia repairs, etc may often be deferred by patients due to lack of information, costs involved, the cumbersome process in claiming insurance, lack of post-surgical support, and more. This is where Practo Care Surgeries comes in. Our objective is to work in step with our doctor-partners to provide superior secondary care experience to patients, right from the first touch-point (OPD) until after their treatment."