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“We were the pioneers
for online diagnostics
in the country”
Founded in February 2015, the Healthians.com based out of
Delhi NCR, is fast emerging as one of North India’s largest
online health diagnostic services provider. The brand is
presently targeting patients in the 25 to 55 age bracket, living a
sedentary lifestyle. In an exclusive interaction with the BioVoice
News, Mr Deepak Sahni, Founder and CEO of Healthians.com
shared his views on the company’s operations, challenges,
opportunities and much more
BY RAHUL KOUL
What was the idea
behind founding
Healthians and the
journey so far?
The idea of home-based
pathology testing
crystallised in April 2014,
after my 14-year exposure
(direct and indirect) to
healthcare services. In
2006-08 in my personal
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capacity, I had
represented India in the
USA, pitching the country
as an ideal medical
tourism destination. An
association was created,
and I helped individual
hospitals set up their
international patient
departments, and in
making a sound digital
presence. It is during this
period that I realised that
unlike the US hospitals,
Indian hospitals do not
offer alternative therapies
to their patients and have
a single business-focused
approach. All research,
marketing and solutions
are focused on the sick or
the 'sickness industry' and
post-disease phase,
wherein the cost, efforts