SAATHI-

RURAL HEALTHCARE
TAKING HEALTHCARE TO THE BOTTOM OF PYRAMID
INTRODUCTION

 A majority of 700 million people lives in rural areas where the condition of medical
facilities is deplorable. Considering the picture of grim facts there is a dire need of new
practices and procedures to ensure that quality and timely healthcare reaches the
deprived corners of the Indian villages.
 74% of Indian doctors are catering to the needs of the urban population.
 In rural India, where the number of Primary health care centers (PHCs) is limited, 8% of
the centers do not have doctors or medical staff, 39% do not have lab technicians and
18% PHCs do not even have a pharmacist.
 “The situation of rural health care in India has not changed much during the past
decade, though it is difficult to gauge from it from outside. The patients are still in the
hands of quacks and unscientific medical practices. The villagers have to travel a long
distances to the nearest hospital in case of emergencies and their only viable
transportation is private transport which many cannot afford.”
 To control the spread of diseases and reduce the growing rates of mortality due to lack
of adequate health facilities, special attention needs to be given to the health care in
rural areas. The key challenges in the healthcare sector are low quality of care, poor
accountability, lack of awareness, and limited access to facilities.
PROBLEM STATEMENTs

 World over, strong primary healthcare is seen as central to better health

outcomes. While India, with a population of 1.2 billion, continues to share a
significant burden of disease conditions globally, the country’s primary
healthcare system needs a transformation.
 Despite receiving the dubious distinction of being at the bottom over the
last two years in the health index prepared by NITI Aayog, no efforts have
been made to change the health systems in Bihar.
 In 2019-20, the Bihar government drew up a demand and received close
to ₹3,300 crore from the Centre under the National Health Mission (NHM).
Last year, it utilised only close to fifty per cent of the NHM budget. It
received an additional ₹300 crore under government-run cashless health
insurance scheme Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) or
Ayushman Bharat.
 The way ahead

 Creating a rural network chain of healthcare by involvement of doctors,

laboratory services, pharmacy, para medical, local authority (panchayat)
 SAATHI

 Saathi (friend) as it mean is the healthcare friend for the rural population which
is devoid of proper healthcare facilities .
 We bring the healthcare at the doorstep of needy.
 Our aim is to ensure the basic healthcare need is available for everyone and no
one go without treatment.
 We are team of doctor, pathology lab, pharmacy who are working together to
make the vision of SAATHI a reality
What we do

 We provide following services to the rural population

✓ Doctor at doorstep through teleconsulting
✓ Lab sample collection and reporting
✓ Delivering medicine at discounted rates
✓ Reducing disease burden by providing preventive care
✓ Insurance reach to the rural segment
How we will achieve this

 Saathi workers will be carrying the mobile/tablets for the online consultation
 They will do the basic vitals of bp, temperature, and take a brief case history
 They will communicate with the doctor over teleconsulting platform and the doctor will
advice the medication and test which will be enabled through our saathi worker.
 The trained phlebotomist will draw the sample and send it to the nearest hub which will
be setup in all the district HQ
 The medicine prescribed will be delivered to the patient and explained in local
language how it should be taken.
Pilot

 The pilot will be conducted in Muzaffarpur & Sitamarhi districts

 The population covered will be approximately 1cr
 Nodal hubs will be setup in Muzaffarpur & Sitamarhi , the spoke centres will
be in various gram panchayats
 The pilot test period will be 1 year in which we will target catering to 1lakh
consulatation
Growth

 After the successful completion of Pilot phase we will implement the

concept in other districts of Bihar
 We will be adding other verticals like Women Health, Community
Awareness etc to cover a bigger sphere of problem.
 Once established we can replicate the same model in other part of
country
Team

 Dr Salil Choudhary
 Rahul Kumar Choudhary
 Dr K K Roy
 Dr Manjunath
 Praveen Kumar
IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF OUR VISION or TO KNOW MORE
CONTACT US ON
DR.SALIL CHOUDHARY
+91-9686140567
salil.choudhary@gmail.com