Bengaluru: Practo has announced an addition of 9000+ new clinics and hospitals in the last two years. With this new addition across 750+ pin codes, the total number of partner hospitals and clinics in its appointment booking network stands at close to 80,000. More than 94 per cent of new pin codes added were in Tier 2 cities, indicating the company’s growing focus and presence beyond metros.
In addition to that, Practo has also onboarded 12,000+ new healthcare professionals across specialities to its network. With this Dentistry, Dermatology and General Practice are now the top three specialities with respect to the total number of healthcare professionals.
Rowel Coelho, Business Head, Primary Care, Practo said, “The fundamental problem of getting access to doctors still exists and hence we continue to expand our core business. We’re now geared to solve for quality at primary care; in a similar fashion, we did with secondary care through PCS, maybe with greater ownership. Coming months are going to be very exciting as we foray into ventures that deepen our quality efforts.”
Dr Alexander Kuruvilla, Chief Strategy Officer, Practo, “This expansion in the network is a reflection of the need to further improve and strengthen fundamental healthcare services. While these services have been the building blocks of Practo’s overall business and they continue to grow, we are equally excited to work on more complex problems involving service delivery that enables better quality and help us make all information available to patients transparently.”