Bangalore, November 5, 2020: Portea Medical, India’s largest outside of hospital consumer healthcare company, has announced the appointment of Mr Vaibhav Tewari as its Co-founder and Member of Board.

Since 2013, Vaibhav has been serving as the COO of the organisation and led various initiatives in this capacity. He is a key member of the leadership team at Portea along with founders Meena Ganesh and K Ganesh, having been instrumental in conceptualizing the organisation, even before it was incorporated.

Vaibhav has not only helped build the organization but also been responsible for driving several innovations such as point-of-care and remote monitoring of patients, a customer engagement programme (an industry-first in-home healthcare) and disease-specific offerings etc. Under his leadership, Portea Medical has gone through several pivots and added new dimensions to its offerings year on year.

During the ongoing pandemic, Vaibhav conceptualized and executed remote monitoring solutions in partnership with state governments, RWAs and corporates. This has not only reduced the burden on hospitals but also ensured that there is timely testing and detection of COVID-19, further enabling in-home isolation and treatment.

Speaking about this, Meena Ganesh, MD and CEO, Portea Medical, said, “We are glad to have Vaibhav as a co-founder and member of the board at Portea. He has been with us since the very beginning  and has seen Portea Medical  through to what it is today. His strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic have helped us support over 170,000 people who tested positive with consultations and monitoring at home. There has been a shift in consumer mindset with people willing to avail complex hospital-based procedures such as chemotherapy and dialysis at home. In addition to this, he has also co-led other initiatives such as the Portea COVID Armour. We look forward to better growth prospects going forward under this leadership.”

Adding further, Vaibhav Tewari, Co-Founder, Portea Medical, said, “I have seen Portea Medical grow from strength to strength and been associated with the organization for over 7 years now. It is like a plant that I have nurtured and therefore, I am happy to step up into a higher capacity. I hope to contribute further to Portea’s growth in the times to come and diversify the range of services going forward with the management team.” Vaibhav has over 20 years of extensive experience in building new businesses across industries such as healthcare, business process outsourcing, technology, and supply chain management.

He is an accomplished speaker and has presented his views on various topics at forums/events and has numerous papers and articles to his credit. He is also actively involved in mentoring entrepreneurs; and serves as a Board of Director, Advisor and Mentor to many fast-growing companies across Internet, Retail Consumer and Technology verticals. Vaibhav has also been a judge and mentor at many Industry events like Power of Ideas (ET), TiE Entrepreneurship events, NEN, IBM Smart Camp, Women Entrepreneurship Quest, IITK fest and SLP etc. He is a regular guest lecturer at leading management schools in India

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Bangalore, September 9, 2020: Portea Medical, India’s largest out-of-hospital consumer healthcare services company, has recently partnered with ConvaTec. ConvaTec is a global medical products and technologies company focused on therapies for the management of chronic conditions, with leading market positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence and critical care, and infusion devices.As part of this tie-up, Portea in partnership with ConvaTec will offer ostomy care and wound management services in all major Indian cities.

The tie-up will enable patients to get discharged from hospitals post-surgery to avail products and services at the comfort of their homes. They will also have access to other services like nutrition consultation and physiotherapy along with visits by trained and experienced nurses from Portea.

Adding further, Rahul Garg, Country General Manager, ConvaTec, said, “Being a globalmedical solutions company focused on chronic conditions, we aim to bring best-in-class care to our patients at an affordable cost. Our partnership with Portea Medical comes at a time when the global pandemic has led to an increase in the demand for at-home care for various medical conditions.

Speaking about this, Meena Ganesh, MD and CEO, Portea Medical, said, “Post-surgery management and proper ostomy services are critical to recovery in patients. We are happy to tie up with ConvaTec to offer these services to our customers who need them. The idea is to help them recuperate in their homes comfortably with all the relevant services and products at their disposal.,. With ConvaTec’s latest technology, the entire gamut of care will be available to them ensuring that they have a better quality of life. We have recently introduced various at-home services including dialysis and chemotherapy as well, all of which are aimed at making lives better for our customers.”

Portea Medical has been delivering consistent, high-qualitycare in various parts of the country. The company has catered to over 1 million patients in their home environment offering an extensive range of services for chronic diseases, elderly care, post-surgery care, diabetes management, chemotherapy at home,and other diseases or injuries requiring long-term care.Through this partnership, patients will be able to access world class care with improved outcomes and reduced cost of care.

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New Delhi/Bangalore, June 4, 2020: In a first-of-its-kind partnership, Portea Medical, India’s largest outside of hospital healthcare company, has tied up with the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi to provide home isolation services for Corona virus positive patients. This is one among the many other initiatives by the company in the wake of the pandemic to help reduce the healthcare burden and free up hospital beds and ICUs for those who need it the most.

Understanding how more than 80% of COVID-19 positive patients are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms and do not require hospital care, Portea Medical has been helping the state in screening patients for home isolation.These patients are monitored remotely through a comprehensive tracking system involving government doctors and experts from Portea for the entire mandated isolation period of 17 days.

Portea also submits regular reports on their condition flagging off any health complications. If required, the company arranges for a teleconsultation with Delhi Government doctors using its technology platform.For cases where hospitalization may be needed, Portea notifies the appropriate government agency for action on the ground. After the mandatory isolation period, patients who meet certain criteria are discharged from home isolation. The initiative is thus aimed at helping reduce the burden on hospitals and healthcare resources significantly.

Speaking about this, Meena Ganesh, MD, and CEO, Portea Medical, said, “We are happy to join hands with the Government of Delhi in the battle against COVID-19. At Portea, we have been leveraging technology to provide end-to-end home healthcare services to customers for over 7 years and have developed the requisite capability and infrastructure at scale. This partnership is an opportunity for us to utilize this specialization and help the government manage the crisis with technology as an enabler. Since the entire process is being managed via remote monitoring, the risk of infection for frontline healthcare workers will also be reduced significantly. We believe that this is the right time to integrate home healthcare and telemedicine as core elements of our national healthcare strategy.”

Under the initiative, about 8% of patients have been moved from home to hospital so far. About 5500 COVID 19 patients have been onboarded for home isolation and 160 transferred to hospitals. There are over 3000 doctor teleconsultations for patients under home isolation and the number of patients discharged from isolation after getting disease-free stands at 1900. The patients do not have to pay any fee for the service.

Portea’s initiative comes at a time when there is a need for an integrated, public-private partnership approach to healthcare. Given the number of cases, it is imperative to leverage the expertise of both government and private players in managing the scenario and infection control. Portea Medical is backed by leading investors such as IFC (World Bank group), Accel Partners, Qualcomm, MEMG CDC, Ventureast, Sabre, and is promoted by Growth Story.

Home isolation management is a critical service for patients and their families. We are delighted to see Portea’s contribution to national health in these trying times”, added Ruchira Shukla, South Asia Regional Lead for Disruptive Technology Investments and VC Funds, IFC.

Portea Medical has been undertaking various initiatives during the COVID-19 crisis. The company launched a chatbot in association with the Government of Goa to answer people’s queries around the pandemic. They also launched their Home Quarantine services to help people undertake a corona virus test at home and monitor their health over 14 days.

As India’s largest home healthcare player, Portea has been delivering consistent, high-quality patient care in various parts of the country. The company has catered to over 1.5 million patients in their home environment offering an extensive range of services for chronic diseases, elderly care, post-surgery care, diabetes management, chemotherapy at home, and other diseases or injuries requiring long-term care.

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Bengaluru April 15, 2020: Portea Medical, has launched chemotherapy at home services in Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata. The service is intended to benefit people with cancer who have been undergoing chemotherapy at hospitals and are at a higher risk of developing infections in light of COVID-19.

Recently, 3 cancer patients undergoing treatment at the Delhi State Cancer Institute (DSCI) Hospital tested positive for Covid-19 after having come into contact with infected healthcare workers.This highlights the fact that cancer patients and survivors have a weakened immune system making them vulnerable to a host of other health issues. Cancer is a complex and chronic disease. Many survivors end up with long-term disabilities and require ongoing care and support.  A trained  and certified chemotherapy nurse will administer the treatment to the patient in the comfort of their homes, while being monitored and supervised by Portea’s fulltime doctors.

Speaking about this, Meena Ganesh, MD and CEO, Portea Medical, said, “The COVID-19 pandemic, apart from being a deadly viral outbreak, has also rendered people with existing health conditions vulnerable. This is truer in case of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Apart from having weak immunity, they are also susceptible to hospital-acquired infections, now that most healthcare facilities are handling COVID-19 patients. It is for their benefit that we have launched the Chemotherapy at Home service. It will help them in two ways: one, they need not travel to the hospital for their sessions and two, they can recuperate in the comfort of their homes with their family for support. Our trained chemotherapy nurses will ensure that their treatment protocol is followed and that they are free of any mental stress about getting infected by COVID-19.”

 The chemotherapy will be administered to the patient as per his/her chemotherapy plan formulated by their treating Oncologist. The service has been priced at par with the hospitals offering similar services. The treating Oncologist’s go ahead will be taken prior to starting the service for their patients. Portea Medical has been undertaking various initiatives during the COVID-19 crisis. The company recently launched a chatbot in association with the Government of Goa to answer people’s queries around the pandemic. Portea also launched its Home Quarantine services to help people undertake a coronavirus test at home and also monitor their health over a 14-day period.

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