Oncology focused startup Karkinos Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. and premier educational institution Nirmala College of Arts and Science, Mulanthuruthy, Kerala, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreeing to take cancer prevention and care closer to the citizens.
Four chemotherapy centres have been set up at Lifepoint Hospital Wakad, Meadowlark Hospital Fatimanagar, Kasturba Hospital Vishrantwadi and Sushrut Hospital Kothrud.
The partnership with Westminster Hospital further strengthens our intent to address the cancer burden in citizens across Chennai and Tamil Nadu, especially for those who might otherwise be unable to receive these life-saving facilities.
In this exclusively compiled article for ETHealthWorld, Dr. Moni Abraham K., Co-Founder, Medical Director, Karkinos Kerala, and R Venkataramanan, Founder and CEO, Karkinos Healthcare, elaborate on how technology offers several advantages to address disparities in cancer care.
The joint initiative will provide access to potentially life-saving Cancer Screening facilities to those belonging to economically backward categories, as they are the ones who need such facilities the most, due to a lack of awareness and funds for such tests.
With Endiya Partners’ funding, Karkinos Healthcare is poised to bring about the much-needed disruption in the cancer-care ecosystem with its comprehensive tech-led solutions and distributed network.
Reliance Digital Health Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, has acquired a minority stake in Karkinos Healthcare.
Karkinos Healthcare in collaboration with the Govt. of Manipur will set up a state-of-the-art greenfield center in a period of eight months from now at the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS).
Karkinos has chosen openEHR standard for building an oncology-focused technology platform.
As part of this tie-up called ‘Light it Pink’ and to mark October as the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Ripon Building, the iconic structure of Chennai Corporation, was lit up in pink on 31st October 2021.
The Hindu Business Line I Kochi I Updated on October 28, 2021: A slew of marquee backers including the Tata group are supporting Karkinos Healthcare’s push to provide affordable cancer care. The comprehensive oncology platform set up with an investment of ₹110 crore has started off from Kerala.
This strategic collaboration will enable continued innovation in cancer care with the goal of transforming cancer care in India and abroad.
Together, Karkinos Healthcare and GenWorks will provide primary screening through HPV DNA tests, and confirmatory diagnoses through colposcopy at the clinics and hospitals of the partner gynecologists.
Karkinos Healthcare closed a funding round with the Tatas Group drawing an investment of Rs 110 crores. Tata Group has disbursed Rs. 35 crores immediately and the rest of the funding is expected to be disbursed in tranches in the coming months.
