Medico.com has launched Medico.in, a platformfor consumers to find health information and to becomewell-informed and active drivers of their own health. The platform will havehigh quality health reference information, community features, and apowerful question and answer platform that will allow the user to learn from the experienceof others. Medico.in is free for users to share information, and to ask andanswer questions.
"Withthe launch of Medico.in, we will be providing highly informative and locally relevanthealth information to our users across India. I hope our users in India willuse our platform to share their knowledge and learn from the experiences ofothers with similar concerns. I expect the platform to be very valuable to ourIndian audience," said Elan Dekel, Founder and CEO, Medico.com Inc.
"There anumber of healthcare information portals in the US like WebMD. However, thereare very few online health platforms available for rest of the world that are locallyrelevant and easily accessible. Medico is set to change that, and it goesbeyond just being a health portal to include an engaging Q&A based communityof local citizens, local healthcare providers and experts. We are thrilled tohave partnered with Elan and team as part of our seed funding program and tosee the launch of the platform in Spain, Brazil and now in India. I am surethat Medico.in is well poised to grow into the "go to" health care site thatIndian consumers trust," said Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Nexus Capital.
Medico.incontains high quality health reference information, including over 4000 articles on diseases andconditions. It also offers community features and a Q&A platformorganized around focused health topics such as diabetes, hea disease and plasticsurgery.
