Lybrate conferred with “Best Startup” award at 6th International Conference on Transforming Healthcare with IT

Hon’ble Minister of Health, Government of Karnataka, Shri U T Khader presents the award

Lybrate India’s first mobile healthcare communication and delivery platform, won the “Best Startup” award at the sixth edition of International Conference on Transforming Healthcare with IT for using technology innovatively to address the core problem of inaccessibility of doctors in India and making quality healthcare available to the people anytime, anywhere.

The award was presented by Minister of Health, Government of Karnataka, Shri U T Khader, who was the Chief Guest at the event, attended by distinguished dignitaries from India and abroad.

The conference, organized by Apollo Group Hospitals, focusses on various aspects of patient safety and technological interventions and advancements in the healthcare sector. The IT awards recognizes the indistinguishable work taken up by companies in healthcare space involving technology.

Lybrate clinched the title at the ceremony held late evening in Bangalore. The category had six finalists from across India.

“We are disrupting technology to make healthcare accessible to the billion plus population of India. Technology will play an essential role in changing the way healthcare is delivered in the country and we are innovating with it to script the future of Indian healthcare. It is a matter of pride for us to get our endeavor acknowledged at a platform like this. We will continue in our efforts to further democratize healthcare with the help of technology and make it available to every citizen of India,” said Saurabh Arora, CEO, Lybrate.

Founded in 2013, Lybrate’s mission is to solve the fundamental problem of healthcare delivery in India, namely inaccessibility of doctors compounded by the gap between supply of and demand for healthcare professionals. By connecting doctors with patients across geographies,

Lybrate helps solve the pressing need for medical care in a country with a population of 1.2 billion. Since the launch of the Lybrate app in January this year, the company has seen a massive growth with more than 80,000 doctors from various specialties from across India currently connected with it. With more than 1 million downloads in the last eight months and over 200,000 patients visiting the platform every day, Lybrate’s popularity has been surging stupendously.