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Rahul Paith COO of DocOnline Speaking to The Hindu About Online Medicine

RAHUL PAITH, COO of DocOnline, shares his views with #TheHindu on how online medical consultation is growing and how DocOnline is making it increasingly beneficial for both the doctors and patients. DocOnline enables online doctor consultation for your employees and their immediate family. Get medical advice, prescriptions and access your health records-anytime/anywhere.

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Rahul Paith COO of DocOnline Speaking to The Hindu About Online Medicine

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  1. Tech-savvy docs strike it rich Patients from towns, rural areas opt for online consultation Nikhila Henry Hyderabad Lured by an assured 20% to 30% increase in their annual income, a band of tech-sav- vy doctors from the city now offer online medical consul- tation. And those opting for their services are patients from towns and rural areas in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, who have regis- tered online for family healthcare services. In the last two months, an Internet-based medical plat- form — DocOnline — which operates out of Hyderabad, registered 30 doctors from here who are willing to con- sult via chat, phone call or video call with patients. The platform has also registered doctors from Mumbai and Pune. A similar platform e-Vai- dya has been registering physicians who have been practising here for the past one year. Doctors told The Hindu that the pay they got for online consultation was higher than that from hospi- tals. “The salary structure in most hospitals, be it State or corporate-owned, is not up- dated regularly,” said Sind- hura Rao Akkala, who left a private hospital two years ago to work for e-Vaidya first and now for DocOnline. Uma Yadagiri, who has been practising for 17 years, 15 of which was in the U.S., said online consultation con- tributes to 50% of her an- nual income. “After the vi- deo calls with patients, if I am not satisfied, I ask them to come and consult me or consult a nearby physician,” she said. Among the doctors who offer the services are ortho- paedics, obstetricians and gynaecologists. Patients said they found it cost and time-effective. “I paid ₹700 for a monthly package for myself and four family members. The con- sultations are unlimited and doctors are always available. It worked for me because I get constant migraine at- tacks for which I used to pay consultancy of ₹500 each time,” said Y. Roopa, 25, who lives in Tirupati. Speaking to The Hindu, Rahul Paith, COO of DocOn- line, said that online medi- cine would grow in the com- ing years.

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