#5 eHealth Access

Founder: Ram Prabhu

eHealth Access focuses on bringing about a cost-effective, easy-to-access primary healthcare right at your door-step. It provides a round-the-clock telemedicine service which includes telephonic consultations with doctors and on-line consultation through chats, e-mails and video conferencing. The start-up’s founder Ram Prabhu says that in today’s fast-paced life there are a billion un-connected patient populations who hardly find time for even a basic healthcare consultation.

Thus he believes to bridge this nominal gap by aiming to equalize doctor-patient ratio by bringing forth the simple solution that should cater to ‘4As’- Applicable, Available, Accessible and Affordable. eHealth Access provides its patients access to over 500 specialist doctors for consultation, all at an affordable price. It also has unique plans for families and pregnant women.

#4 Social Blood

Founder: Karthik Naralasetty

Social Blood is a social ‘blood’ networking platform within a social networking platform. By using Facebook as its base medium, this social network connects numerous blood donors with recipients who are in need of immediate blood-bank assistance. Founded by Karthik Naralasetty, a college drop-out in 2011, this lifesaving social network is believed to have made a social change in the society by prompting people to donate blood and help save lives. By geo-fencing your location, you can gain information about the nearest blood banks to make a donation and can also pick up on requests placed by recipients with similar blood-group. It also promotes interaction with fellow donors using this service in and around your location.