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KEF Holdings launches Meitra Care Network in India

KEF Holdings, a Dubai-based diversified investment conglomerate, has launched Meitra Care Network (MCN), an ecosystem that connects patients with healthcare service providers through technology and brings them at the doorsteps of patients in the Indian state of Kerala.

MCN was inaugurated recently by K K Shailaja, minister for health and family welfare, social justice and woman and child development at the Government of Kerala, in the presence of Dr Beena Philip, Mayor of Calicut, and A Pradeep Kumar, MLA of Calicut (North), at Meitra Hospital.

The launch of MCN takes at a time when Indian healthcare sector is poised to grow from $193 billion in 2020 to $372 billion by 2022, driven by rising income, better health awareness, sedentary lifestyle and better access to medical insurance, according to the India Brand Equity Forum (IBEF). This is set to disrupt India's $193 billion healthcare sector, by making healthcare truly patient-centric, equitable and sustainable for everyone, everywhere.

Faizal E. Kottikollon, founder chairman of KEF Holdings and Meitra Hospital, said: "Despite the growth and development in our healthcare services sector, certain things did not change - long queues for consultation, diagnosis, expensive treatment and long waiting list for surgeries - resulting in growing frustration among patients.

"The Indian healthcare sector specifically and industry in general needs technology intervention to put the patients at the centre of the entire process and the healthcare should evolve around them. Meitra Care Network has re-engineered the healthcare delivery system to achieve this."

MCN creates an ever-expanding healthcare eco-system bringing patients, doctors as well as primary, secondary, tertiary and critical care service providers under one integrated system, connected through hard and soft infrastructure - that will reduce downtime, wastage of resources and better utilisation of doctors, laboratories, operation theatres, healthcare facilities - to offer the best healthcare services at an affordable price.

Meitra Care Clinic boasts of innovations like device-assisted multi-specialty tele-consultations and aims to leverage the expertise of Meitra Hospital to bring a range of tertiary healthcare services to the residents of the region. In addition to family physicians, it also has home care services, psychological counselling, a state-of-the-art physiotherapy setup, laboratory, nutrition and wellness, as well as pharmacy.

KEF Healthcare has also announced a ground-breaking collaboration with Canadian Specialist Hospital, Dubai, which will serve as a combined Centre of Excellence, providing the full spectrum of services under heart and vascular care - which Canadian Specialist Hospital will now be able to offer for the first time as a result of its partnership with MCN. This will help Gulf-based NRIs to avail the facilities in the UAE and India - a seamless healthcare experience all over.