JULY 20194The healthcare market in the Middle East is known to gain noteworthy traction on account of different Government initiatives to encourage medical tourism, evolving healthcare insurance policies, and growing inclination among the local population to guzzle digital health services. With rapidly growing economies linked to oil, tourism and the financial industry, countries in this area have a large population of expats from all around the world. State-of-the-art new hospital complexes and hi-tech equipment, along with well-qualified staff, cater to the rising prospects of national citizens. The Middle East has a unique opportunity to lead the world in developing a healthcare system that is truly responsive to what people want and need. Governments across the region have a strong desire to innovate, new entrants are combining mobile, digital and wireless technologies with data-driven smart solutions, and the demand from patients and the public for care anywhere is already here. The drive of entrepreneurs to innovate and make it easier for people to get the care they need has resulted in improvements in coverage, diagnosis, communication and more. As the growth strategies for the start-ups evolve, entrepreneurs have started to take centre stage ­ less in a bid to find new remedies or treatments, but more to improve access, operating models, analytics, and find tech-related solutions. These start-ups have reacted to technological advancements by moving to solve a raft of health challenges in recent years. Whether it's reaching and diagnosing people in rural communities, streamlining costs, developing wearable healthcare devices or building support networks, start-ups have risen to the challenge of taking the industry into its next phase.In our current edition, we have featured such innovative healthcare start-ups in the Middle East. These start-ups are big news at the moment, and while very few can expect to grow as big as those mentioned, the appetite for investment is clearly strong.Do let us know your thoughts.Nandini MukherjeeManaging EditorThe Middle East has a new frontier of Opportunities for HealthcareEDITOR'S NOTE Vol 5 · Issue 1 - 3 · July, 2019 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Nandini Mukherjee Editorial Team Amit Raja Naik Hridkamal Roy John Roshan Anto Monica Pallavi J Aparna Roy Sales & Marketing Shashi Ranjan Tapas Mallick Editorial Queries editor@startupcity.com To subscribe Visit www.startupcity.com/subscribe Cover price is Rs. 150 per issue.Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of Siliconmedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2019 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.sales@startupcity.comGroup Art Director Ashok KumarCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalVisualisers Manjunath Siva ShankarGM Sales & Marketing Amrit Singhsiliconindia
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