Startup for elderly care launches service in Vizag
Anvayaa, an IoT and AI-based personalised elderly care startup has launched its operations in Visakhapatnam-the fifth city in India after Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai to provide 360 degree service through a team of care managers and partners.
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Visakhapatnam: Anvayaa, an IoT and AI-based personalised elderly care startup has launched its operations in Visakhapatnam-the fifth city in India after Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai to provide 360 degree service through a team of care managers and partners.
The firm has tied up with 7 Hills Hospital for healthcare services, Quantum Diagnostics, Sri Sai Ambulance Services, Grace Home HealthCare, Pioneer Marketing Co & VR Local for Home Repairs. The startup has plans to expand its to Vijayawada, Guntur, Rajahmundry, Kakinada and other places in Andhra Pradesh and Warangal, Karimnagar and other tier-2 towns in Telangana.
Set up in 2016 after experiencing the concerns of NRIs settled abroad for their parents living in their motherland, Prasanth Reddy, an IT professional and his wife Deepika Reddy, an executive in insurance industry, formed Anvayaa Kin-Care Pvt. Ltd to offer, what they claimed, all the required services like medical care, emergency services, supplying medicals, travel and payment of bills.
Prashant Reddy said for medical and other services, the charges will depend on case to case basis while announcing the launch of the service in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. Since its formation, they have provided service to 6,000 plus families. He said they have also come up with a unique healthcare offering--ASERS (Anvayaa's Smart Emergency Response System), which works on AI and IoT-enabled wearable (patent pending) for the elderly.
It is designed to monitor the health vitals of senior citizens and respond whenever protective care is required. Later the logo of the service was launched by Wing Commander MK Boase, 7 Hills Hospital, Visakhapatnam.
