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| Alok Awasthi |
Following a successful launch and
quick adoption of SeekMed - a mobile
telemedicine application - by a majority of early users, the mobile app has
found its way into the healthcare market, enjoying positive reviews and a
4.8-star rating on Google Play Store.
Primarily created to offer users
medical second opinion before making major surgical or complex treatment
decisions in the lines of nephrology, cardiology, neurology, oncology,
orthopaedics and others; Medical tourists can also get adequate information
about ailments before committing themselves to long hours in the air; seeing as
it has become increasingly impossible to eliminate medical tourism.
Alok Awasthi, Founder of SeekMed
fondly acknowledged that the App wasn’t created to halt this growing trend,
rather, it was created to make life easier for users.
“In this day and age, it is
impossible to completely eliminate or avoid medical tourism. However, the
flight of capital from a patient’s home country could somewhat be contained by
leveraging virtual medical tourism services provided by SeekMed,” he said.
“Traveling to other countries for
surgeries and other complex procedures can’t be avoided but the majority of
consultations could still be carried out via SeekMed.”
As such, SeekMed has carried out
hundreds of consultations since its Nigeria launch in March and have been
greeted by waves of reviews and endorsements.
One user wrote:
“My experience with them was
excellent and this is the best app to get medical attention. I encourage
everyone with different types of diseases to join Seekmed they are excellent
doctors with good reception.”
SeekMed App is widely perceived as
an innovative app that offers immediate solutions to some of the existing
problems of healthcare and Nigerian medical tourists.
There are three easy steps involved
to use the app. One, download the app which is currently only available on
Google Play Store. Two, register and book an appointment with a specialist.
Finally, pay a sum of 5,200 Naira through an online channel and then proceed
with your consultation.
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