{"id":2622,"date":"2025-12-29T16:19:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T07:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pcb.net.in\/blog\/?p=2622"},"modified":"2025-12-29T16:21:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T07:21:16","slug":"zero-investment-telemedicine-platform-improving-specialist-care-while-increasing-earnings-for-sri-lankas-medical-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pcb.net.in\/blog\/2025\/12\/29\/zero-investment-telemedicine-platform-improving-specialist-care-while-increasing-earnings-for-sri-lankas-medical-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero-Investment Telemedicine Platform: Improving Specialist Care While Increasing Earnings for Sri Lanka\u2019s Medical Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>CONCEPT OVERVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Severe specialist shortage: Shortfall of ~1,139 doctors (only 2,042 serving vs. 3,181 needed)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High NCD burden: 83% of deaths; diabetes (10-12%), hypertension (20-25%), CVD leading cause<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mental health crisis and medicine shortages (218 essential drugs)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rural-urban access barriers and doctor migration post-economic crisis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Overloaded system with no new clinics, impacting emergency response<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Concern: When patients seek specialist care abroad, local healthcare professionals lose both patients and income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Proposed Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Collaborative Care: Facilitating seamless tele-consultations between Indian super-specialists and local doctors, nurses, midwives, and Ayurveda practitioners.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Local Leadership: Ensuring local professionals remain the primary caregivers, maintaining clinical oversight and the patient relationship.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sustainable Income: Creating a new revenue stream through direct income generation per consultation and structured follow-up care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Localized Specialist Care: Providing world-class medical expertise within Sri Lanka, eliminating the need for expensive and exhausting foreign travel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Practice Expansion: Empowering every medical professional to offer a comprehensive multi-specialty OPD, significantly increasing their practice&#8217;s value and revenue potential.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VALUE, REVENUE &amp; IMPLEMENTATION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Financial &amp; Professional Value to Medical Professionals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Retention of patients who would otherwise travel abroad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earnings per consultation, case, and follow-up<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20\u201330% increase in patient footfall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Up to 50% reduction in outbound referrals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Implementation Roadmap<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pilot: Colombo, Kandy, Jaffna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expansion: Galle, Anuradhapura<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Integration with NGO, donor &amp; private sector programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Expected Outcomes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increased income for Sri Lanka\u2019s medical professionals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improved access to specialist healthcare<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>70\u201380% reduction in patient travel costs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduced medical revenue outflow to other countries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stronger, self-sustaining healthcare institutions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eighteen Super-Specialists out of 100+ List<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.Dr Neeraj Tulara Consultant Physician, Diabetologist, Cardiologist and Infectious Disease Specialist \u2022 MBBS, MD, DNB (Med.), PGDID (Aus) \u2022 23.0 Years Of Experience \u2022 Licence No. 2010\/10\/3078<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.Dr Raman Malik Senior Consultant, Nephrology and Renal Transplant \u2022 MBBS (1972) \u2022 MD (1981) \u2022 22 years as medical officer and MD physician in the armed forces \u2022 DNB (Nephrology) AIIMS New Delhi 1989 and Renal Transplant Physician<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3.Dr Vrushni Bhuta Fertility &amp; IVF Specialist Consultant, Reproductive Medicine \u2022 MBBS \u2022 M.S. (OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY) \u2022 10+ Years Of Experience \u2022 Assisted Patients in IUI, IVF, ICSI, Frozen Embryo transfers, Oocyte donation and Surrogacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4.Dr Rajiv Naik M.B.B.S- Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, India (2005) \u2022 M.S (General Surgery) \u2013 GSVM Medical college, Kanpur, India (2010) \u2022 FIAGES \u2013 Indian Association of Gastro and Endo Surgeon, India (2015) \u2022 FMAS \u2013 Maurya Sachkhand Hospital, Agra, India (2013) \u2022 Observer Ship in Essential of Laparoscopic Surgery, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, at Max Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (Dec 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5.Dr Rajeev Dhir Senior Dermatologist and Cosmetologist with an Armed forces background. MBBS from AFMC(Pune) in 1980 MD in Dermatology from Bangalore university in 1988<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6.Dr Rahul Rane Orthopaedic Surgeon Specialist Spine &amp; Knee Replacement Surgery \u2022 MBBS, \u2022 MS, \u2022 DNB (Ortho), \u2022 MNAMS, \u2022 FISS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7.Dr Rahul Rane Orthopaedic Surgeon Specialist Spine &amp; Knee Replacement Surgery \u2022 MBBS, \u2022 MS, \u2022 DNB (Ortho), \u2022 MNAMS, \u2022 FISS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8.Dr Swapnil Sharma CONSULTANT &amp; CHIEF SURGEON LIVER TRANSPLANT, HEPATOBILIARY, PANCREAS &amp; GI SURGERY MBBS MS (GEN SURGERY) DNB (GI SURGERY)<br>FELLOWSHIP IN LIVER TRANSPLANT &amp; HPB SURGERY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9.Dr Mukul Kaushik Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist. MBBS, DNB (Med.), DNB (Cardiology), FNB (Interventional Cardiology) \u2022 25+ Years Of Experience \u2022 Licence no. 2005\/09\/3732<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10.Dr Swarup Swaraj Pal\u2028Sr. Consultant Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgeon M.Ch, CVTS M.S General Surgery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11.Dr Archana Rane Strong focus on musculoskeletal rehabilitation, sports injury management, and post-operative recovery programs specialised training in Ante-natal (ANC) and Post-natal (PNC) care . safe exercise, \u2022 posture correction, \u2022 recovery strategies during and after pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12.Dr Praveen S. Kammar \u2022\u2060 \u2060M.B.B.S, JN Medical College, Belgaum (India)\u2022\u2060 \u2060MD &#8211; Internal Medicine DM &#8211; Medical Oncology (2005) \u2022\u2060 \u2060M.S General Surgery, JSS Medical College, Mysore (2010) \u2022\u2060 \u2060M.Ch surgical oncology, Tata Memorial Center, (2015) \u2022\u2060 \u2060MRCS from Royal College of London -2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13.Dr Suhas Aagre \u2022\u2060 \u2060MBBS from Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik, \u2022\u2060 \u2060MD &#8211; Internal Medicine DM &#8211; Medical Oncology \u2022\u2060 \u2060DNB (Diplomate of National Board) in General Medicine from J.N.M. Medical College, Raipur, in 2012. \u2022\u2060 \u2060DM in Oncology from B.J Medical College, Ahmedabad, in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14.Dr Mehul Choksi Consultant Gastroenterologist Vast experience in the field of digestive diseases and advanced therapeutic endoscopy. \u2022 residency training in Gastroenterology at the prestigious Christian Medical College, Vellore, \u2022 residency training in General Medicine at St. John\u2019s Medical College, Bangalore. \u2022 awarded the Peter Cotton Travel Fellowship in Advanced Endoscopy at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"15\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr Chinmay Kulkarni Consultant Psychiatrist and Mental Health Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy \u2022 Motivational Interviewing \u2022 Hypnotherapy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dt Avanee Parekh B.H.Sc Dietetics (SNDT University Mumbai) \u2022\u2060 \u2060P.G DMM \u2022\u2060 \u2060Certified Diabetes Care Educator (Denmark) \u2022\u2060 \u2060Certified Exercise Consultant ( Talwalkars Academy) \u2022\u2060 \u2060Member of IDA and ISPEN \u2022\u2060 \u206025 years experience with 90 % success rate.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>17 Dt Shrishti Thakur PG in Food &amp; Nutrition M Sc (Food &amp; Nutrition) -R D V V University, M.P UG (HS) -R D V V University Backed by 20+ years of expertise in diet &amp; nutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>18 Dr. Bansode Jagruta Prasad Consultant paediatrician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We respectfully submit this proposal for your kind consideration and guidance on the next steps, including possible alignment with the Ministry of Health, public hospitals, or pilot implementation pathways. We enclose two attachments showing benefits to your current government and to Sri Lanka\u2019s Doctors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We would be honoured to discuss this initiative further at your convenience, including a customised demo or site visit to our Primary Health Centre in Noida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With highest regards,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saxena V. M.<br>CEO \u2013 India1Stop<br>Business Partner \u2013 Tata GloHeal<br>\ud83d\udcde +91-9990623304<br>\u2709\ufe0f saxena.vm@india1stop.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONCEPT OVERVIEW Background Key Concern: When patients seek specialist care abroad, local healthcare professionals lose both patients and income. 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