Sehat Kahani, renowned for its initiative empowering female physicians, boasts a network of over 7,500 healthcare experts worldwide and serves more than 800 businesses.

Sehat Kahani, a pioneering health-tech startup in Pakistan led entirely by women, has achieved a significant milestone by concluding a groundbreaking Series A funding round, amassing $2.7 million in investments.

The company proudly announced, “Sehat Kahani stands as Pakistan’s maiden all-female-led enterprise to attain Series A funding.”

Fronted by Dr. Razi Yousuf of Amaanah Circle, a health tech venture from Singapore, the financing round also saw participation from notable backers such as Epic Angels, a women-focused investment consortium, Cross Fund, USAID Investment Promotion Activity (IPA), Augmentor, Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), and the Elahi group of companies.

Dr. Razi remarked, “Sehat Kahani, under the leadership of Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram and Dr. Iffat Zafar Aga, represents an inspiring tale in health technology. Amaanah Circle is honored to lend expertise and assist Sehat Kahani’s ambitions in reshaping the future of digital health and preventive care.”

Sehat Kahani, conceptualized by Dr. Khurram and Dr. Aga, has developed an innovative platform ensuring a rapid virtual consultation between physicians and patients in just a minute.

The startup delivers on-demand home and facility-based lab services and facilitates online medication dispatches, catering to a wide-ranging clientele, including businesses, individual consumers, and the often-neglected rural populace.

The continuous backing from USAID has been instrumental in Sehat Kahani’s evolutionary journey, stimulating innovation and fostering robust growth in Pakistan’s burgeoning digital health sector.

Dr. Khurram commented, “This funding marks a transformative phase for Sehat Kahani, paving the way for advancements like decision-making tools, precision medicine utilities, and predictive AI for enhanced patient care.”

Expressing gratitude towards their backers and initiatives like Weraise, she added, “We’re thankful for the unwavering support towards our cause and for championing women entrepreneurs.”

Sehat Kahani has broadened its corporate offerings, now providing an all-encompassing outpatient department management system, ensuring uninterrupted and paperless healthcare access for corporate professionals and their kin.

Their comprehensive wellness initiative for businesses underscores health advocacy and preventive healthcare.

Operational in over 310 locations across Pakistan, the consumer-centric application seamlessly integrates with major banking and lifestyle platforms, ensuring cost-effective and easily accessible healthcare solutions.

Dr. Aga highlighted, “Sehat Kahani’s impressive 141% year-over-year growth in recent times dispels the notion that telemedicine’s relevance was confined to the pandemic, evident from the fivefold rise in consultations post-COVID.”

She further revealed, “This growth emboldens us to venture beyond borders and position Sehat Kahani on the global map.”

With an extensive network of over 7,500 healthcare professionals and 62 e-health centers nationally, Sehat Kahani, in its pursuit to bridge healthcare disparities, uplift women in the medical field, and amplify its global footprint, is geared up for its next growth trajectory.

Maaike of Epic Angels, Asia-Pacific’s foremost female-centric investment group, voiced, “Sehat Kahani exemplifies our investment criteria: promising prospects and meaningful innovation.”

She concluded, “We have immense faith in Dr. Sara and Dr. Iffat’s leadership, envisioning Sehat Kahani as an emblem of innovation and a trailblazer in healthcare advancements.”

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Pakistani’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday launched a mobile application and helpline to address the issues related to mental health. The App titled “Humraaz” and toll-free helpline 1166 would provide free mental health assistance to the people.

“On this World Health Day today, I am pleased to announce the launch of Government’s first dedicated mental health App #Humraaz & helpline,” he said in a tweet.

The prime minister said citizens’ well-being and especially mental health was paramount for the society’s improvement. “We need to remove taboo around mental health,” he added.

Government of Pakistan’s initiative for citizens mental well-being. The aim of the initiative is to provide free consultation services and to improve health and quality of life of people suffering for deteriorating mental health.

Your doctor can help you get started with mental health services. HUMRAAZ App connects you with professional psychologists, doctors and psychiatrist from the hospital of your choice.

HUMRAAZ application is a perfect solution for those suffering from depression and anxiety. The users of this application are increasing day by day, showing gratitude, acknowledgement and appreciation remarks.

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Marham managed to bag an investment of about  1.5 million dollars. Marham is a Pakistani healthcare startup.

A businessman from Peshawer, Mohammed Khan was impressed by motive, mission and vision of the platform, once revamped version of their website was launched.

Marham is a digital platform that allows the patients to ask questions, book appointments and read about health care.

Founder and CEO of Marham, Ehaan Imam talked about investment and a lot more about aims and objectives but he did not unveil the real amount of investment, but he surely mentioned that the money is sufficient to sustain 15 months.

He mentioned,

“We didn’t see it (investment) coming. Mohammad Khan (the investor) read about us on the internet and approached for a meeting. One thing led to another and we signed up the investment deal at the end of a few meetings.”

It is not that Marham has only updated its website but it also plans to add an effective dashboard feature so that it is easy to manage hospitals and appointments. According to the news? the team is planning digitalize Akram Medical Complex and  is also in talks with 10 more hospitals and clinics for the same offerings.

Ehsan said,

“Marham has now got in a good shape. Automation of appointments will be a relief for doctors and patients. We are using notification service to keep the doctors and patients informed about their commitments. It will save a lot of time at both ends.”

He also said,  “Every 1 minute, 2 to 3 patients visit Marham. We have booked more than 4500 appointments in the last two months. ”

After a year Marham plans to expand the platform and make sure that many people in Pakistan know about this platform.

Pakistan does not have many online health platforms and the ones that are present are not used by people more often. Marham wants to change this perspective of people.

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In an effort to introduce revolution in the healthcare sector of Pakistan and to ensure the availability of authentic and experienced doctors within a user’s vicinity, “MARHAM – Find a Doctor” has been introduced as a service to facilitate both the patients and the doctors.

Started in January 2016, Healthcare Startup MARHAM is an online platform, which is to provide patients with a list of validated doctors based on their location. Doctor validation is done with assistance with the consultation of Pakistan Medical and Dental Association, hence also resolving the issue of quacks and incompetent doctors in the Pakistani market.

MARHAM can be accessed by website  or you can download Marham mobile apps Android and iOS application.

The word MARHAM is derived from Urdu Language, which means “to cure someone.”

CEO Marham, Mr. Ehsan Imam says,

“MARHAM is not just a product. It is a vision, under whose umbrella many different products come. The combined purpose of those products is to offer a better healthcare experience to the patients and the doctors.”

MARHAM is a Lahore based startup that is currently targeting 12 major cities in Pakistan. However, it is looking to rapidly extend its outreach to the second and third tier cities as well. MARHAM’s range of products allows the customers to check on the best doctors in Pakistan. A patient can check the personal profile of the doctor to check the expertise and other patients’ reviews of that doctor.

Once the patient is satisfied, he can digitally book an appointment, by the press of a button, and then meet the doctor. Moreover, Healthcare startup MARHAM also gives a public forum that help the patients and doctors to interact virtually and get second opinion.

Other than that, MARHAM’s products also make lives easier for the doctors by giving them multiple services that can help them in getting more patients and ensure the smooth influx of existing patients. That particular product is called “Dashboard”. It works as a scheduler for the doctors, where they get live information about the status of their appointments. The doctors are notified whenever a new appointment is placed. It also gives doctors the discretion to cancel or postpone all appointments with one click.

Team Marham with the founder and CEO, Ehsan Imam, in the exact center.

MARHAM also serves as a marketing platform for the doctors. There are some good doctors in the healthcare sector, who are unable to effectively market themselves due to any reason. MARHAM offers them a platform to market themselves and their services. MARHAM not only facilitates marketing on their own website, but also helps doctors to manage their social media pages or their website.

With a little over one year, Healthcare Startup MARHAM has achieved climaxes of success. It has successfully listed down more than 9000 accredited doctors, more than 30,000 thousand people have downloaded MARHAM application and there are more than 31,000 members in the MARHAM’s Facebook group. Numerous doctors have also subscribed to MARHAM’s dashboard and marketing services.

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